Styles of Writing English
As each person is an individual, with our own unique thoughts, body, personality and so on, we all have a certain individual style of writing. Our style of writing helps define who we are and can often say a little about what we think, how educated we are and how easy we find it to communicate.
Yet there are times when it is not desirable to inject too much of our own personal style into written work. Business reports, presentations, formal letters and so on, should not be personalised too much by individual style, otherwise the very essence of the message that you are trying to put across can be lost. A personal style is more acceptable in less formal settings.
Other people may not see the funny side of something you write. If your grammar is poor and your spelling bad, or you use poor punctuation, then this will also detract from your message. You may think that ignoring the rules of language is not important and insist on using your own unique style and grammar, but, if you do this, you risk alienating whoever is reading your piece of writing. So keep humour at a minimum, make sure that your grammar and syntax is correct (as well as your spelling) and then write as best you can. Some of your own unique style will still show through, but it will not dominate, if you write within the rules of English. This will produce an end result that is much more professional and, more importantly, much easier to read.
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