Most obviously, pied-piping sounds better in a formal style.
Colleagues describe him as a meticulous, cautious lawyer with a formal style.
Ancient ivory carvings have also been excavated, revealing a sophisticated, formal style.
Prime minister deploys relaxed performance at odds with her usual formal style.
Advanced language course with a strong focus on speaking and writing skills in formal style.
Speak quickly and in a conversational style with high enthusiasm, rather than a formal style.
I arrived in 2011 and I was used to a very formal style of training..
And, why are we repeating a formal style (albeit shorter) in a more informal setting?
He was a meticulous man in every way, living with old-fashioned grace and formal style in this modern world.
Using an informal style when a formal style is called for results in prose that seems breezy, chatty, casual, flippant.
Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty.
