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Links to sites with material on register in English:
This is from the Learn.co.uk site by the Guardian: interactive, designed for UK schools:
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=96
The State University of New York’s (SUNY) online writing guide on formal writing:
http://writingguide.geneseo.edu/form.shtml
This is from another ELT site. The author of the piece Alex Case is currently writing the
exams materials for onestopenglish.
http://www.developingteachers.com/articles_tchtraining/formal_letters_alex1.htm
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! onestopenglish 2002
Taken from the writing section in www.onestopenglish.com
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Read the following text and decide
! onestopenglish 2002
Taken from the writing section in www.onestopenglish.com
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1. Exchange these vocabulary items for their more formal equivalents in the
text. The item in capitals has been done for you. (See “text to work on –
below)
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2. Exchange the following conjunctions in the text for their more informal
equivalents
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! onestopenglish 2002
Taken from the writing section in www.onestopenglish.com