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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?



 
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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers? #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:02 am   Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?		  
Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?

Would you recommend using it here, for example?

He had never lifted one finger to help his mother, and this (practice) made him a poor flatmate.

Their main activity is in acquiring land. This (practice) has grown with the company.
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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers? #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:17 pm   Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?		  
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See my post in EF.
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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers? #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:36 pm   Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?		  
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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers? #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 13:32 pm   Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?		  
Mister Micawber wrote:
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See my post in EF.
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OK, thanks for the input. One thing:
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And one problem with your example is that practice is normally a habit we do, not one we don't do.


Then why do we hear She/He had the practice/habit of not wanting to + verb?
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Is "this practice" used only in formal registers? #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 13:35 pm   Is "this practice" used only in formal registers?		  
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