Assignment 2

The big train problem

If you are going from Karlstad to Stockholm by train and If you have the possiblity to book the ticket early you can be lucky and find a ticket for a good and sometimes a very good price. If you you dont have that possibility it can be a very expensive journey. And in todays society many people live a hectic life and can´t plan their journeys weeks before. Of course it´s ok to have a good price for those who can plan their journey a long time before departure, exactly as they do in almost every travel industries. But however I think that the differences between the ticket prices are way too much. For example on a journey with the morning train from Karlstad to Stockholm with X2000 the cheepest tickets were just over 100 kronor and the most expensive ones were almost 2000 kronor, both in second class.

The government talks about how they care about the enviroment and that people should be more environmentally friendly. For example the government want us to leave the car home and to skip going by plane and go by train instead. But when it is that expensive to go by train as it is today and when its sometimes even cheaper to take a cab from Karlstad to Stockholm its going to be hard. I think that most people rather go by car beacuse its easier in some ways or by plane beacuse of the short travelling time and of course because of the cheaper price.

So I definitely think that SJ which is owned by the goverment has to do something about the prices if they wants to have more peolpe going with them. If they succeed with this they will get more satisfied customers and a cleaner environment. Humans and nature together in harmony. Just think about it. Think. Think hard.

//Anna

Assignment 1

My own texts

Formal

The Royal Court announced today that princess Madeleine of Sweden has broke off her engagement to her long-time fiance Jonas Bergström. The reason of the break off is Jonas Bergström affair with the Norweigen girl Tora Uppstroem berg. The court has asked for the media to leave the princess and her former fiance alone.

Informal

I heard on the news today that Madeleine and Jonas have broke up. The reason of the separation is that Jonas cheated on Madeleine with a norweigen chick. In every paper or newschannel we can here about the news and I think its too much,god...Im so tired of it! Actually I dont care that much but about this but I still think that media should leave them alone.

Informal text

I got there and it was FREEEZING. Which made me even more grateful that so many people came out to Holt Renfrew to hang with me. Its important to me to do these instores because it gives me a chance to come face to face with everyone that has supported my dreams and get to thank them personally.
So thanks Montreal for giving me such a freezing - I mean warm welcome.
See you again soon!

(http://nicolerichie.celebuzz.com/category/category/photos/)

Formal text

To avoid this calamity, the American people-- who were already struggling in their own right--were forced to rescue financial firms facing crisis largely of their own creation. And that rescue, undertaken by the previous administration, was deeply offensive but it was a necessary thing to do, and it succeded in stabilizing the financial system and helping to avert that depression.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Reflections

I think that the differences between these two texts are pretty clear. I think that you clearly can see that the formal text is more correct written than the informal one and also the use of vocabuary. In the informal text you can see that the author is not that concered about a correct vocabulary wich is common in blogs. You can also see that the informal text is more written as a every day speech. An informal lanuage is also used in emails and letter to friends. A formal lanuage is used in business letters, contracts, academis textbooks and so on.