Har vi på dansk noget der minder om det Engelske begreb “formal writing”? Hvad er formal writing?
Tillad mig at gengive en artikel af Mignon Fogerty om hvordan man bruger og ikke bruger ellipses i formelt (godt) skriftsprog.
Ellipses
Episode 225: June 10, 2010
by Mignon Fogarty
People often ask how to use ellipses, those little dot-dot-dots you often see in e-mail messages. For example, Mitra from Michigan asked, “When is it appropriate to use ‘…’ in writing? People use it all the time, and it seems like a way to make your writing more informal and conversational, as if you were pausing. Can you also use [the dot-dot-dot] for formal writing?” Continue reading
