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donia
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One of my student brought me a piece of writing written by her own.
She started her writing by " Frankly speaking...." and I told her it �s not always a good way to start formal writing with this phrase. She argued with me.... I don �t know I feel that phrase is not formal.... What do you think....?
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23 Jan 2010
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anitarobi
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Well, you were definitely right - frankly is not really a formal expression, especially not to start a piece of writing(it �s too abrupt for a written text - it �s probably a direct comment to the title, which is a normal reply in spoken, but not written language). Depending on what type of text it was (a letter, a review, a report, an essay, an article...) and what the topic was, I would allow it perhaps in the second half of the text, as reinforcement or expansion of a statement. I wouldn �t use frankly speaking, because frankly is quite enough (though, I would prefer to be honest or in all honesty). |
23 Jan 2010
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lshorton99
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I agree with anitarobi. Frankly is something I would not suggest my students use in formal writing. I did a quick corpus search and every use was spoken or informal in some way.
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23 Jan 2010
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priorita
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It might depend on the topic but personally I would not judge so dogmatically.
As for me this might be more the subject of attitude of an author.
If you google in Internet you may find out that this phrase is absolutely normal for many even official reports or aritcles.
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23 Jan 2010
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donia
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Thank you dears You have been helpful to me
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23 Jan 2010
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mourad1O
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It can �t be used in writing, but It can be employed in oral communication instead. Writing is formal.
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27 Jan 2010
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