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прямой, личностный стильpersonal language (При прямом стиле коммуникации говорящий прямо выражает свои намерения, при непрямом, напротив, они выражены косвенно. Personal language is direct- you made a mistake- while impersonal is less direct- a mistake was made. Traditionally, academic writing was impersonal: you would not be able to use words like I, my etc. In general, it is probably best not to use too much personal language. Academic writing should very often be objective, with a lack of personal commitment, and being subjective may weaken your argument and lay you open to disagreement or criticism. VLZ_58)