Formal and informal paragraphs
If you’re not sure where the future is headed for us, then you’re not alone, experts in fields ranging from technology to the environment offer a million different predictions as to what the future has in store for us. Some predict warfare and social collapse, but others say we’ll all thrive and prosper. Whatever’s going on, I think our world is rapidly changing from the world our ancestors knew; the future is totally going to be a different place.
You're right! This paragraph is written in an informal way. It uses first and second person pronouns (us, our, you), contractions (you’re, we’ll), and colloquialisms (in store for us, whatever’s going on, totally). Your writing at tertiary level needs to be much more formal than this. Keep working through this section for hints on how to make your writing more academic.
This paragraph is written in an informal way. It uses first and second person pronouns (us, our, you), contractions (you’re, we’ll), and colloquialisms (in store for us, whatever’s going on, totally). Your writing at tertiary level needs to be much more formal than this. Keep working through this section for hints on how to make your writing more academic.
Humans have tried to predict the future for as far back as history shows, and the only thing that has changed about this practice is the methods we use to make these predictions. Experts in fields ranging from technology to environmental science simultaneously offer predictions of warfare and social collapse with predictions of peace and prosperity. Regardless of these forecasts, the world is rapidly changing from the one our ancestors knew, hurtling us into a future that is increasingly difficult to imagine.
You’re right! This paragraph is written in a formal way. Keep working through this section for hints on how to make your writing more academic.
This paragraph is written in a formal way. Keep working through this section for hints on how to make your writing more academic.
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