The scale asks people the extent to which they would be accepting of each group (a score of 1.00 for a group is taken to indicate no social distance): As close relatives by marriage (i.e., as the legal spouse of a close relative) (score 1.00)
1 That's not a bad day, it's atrocious. 2  Spanking: The only socially-acceptable way to incorporate spanking into a polite conversation is to use it instead of the word good.. 3  Transcendent: If you say something is awesome, you're saying it inspires fear or awe in you.
B. In formal business correspondence, it's best keep the language impersonal. C. Formal English is used more frequently in speaking than in writing. D. In formal English, we use words to say precisely what we mean. 8. Choose the connective that belongs in the blank in the following sentence.