Formalwrittenlanguageoftengoeswithanimpersonalstyle,i.e.,oneinwhichthespeakerdoesn’treferdirectlytohimselforhisreaders,butavoidsthepronounsI,you,we.Someofthecommonfeaturesofimpersonallanguagearepassives,sentencesbeginningwiththere,introductoryit,andabstractnouns.--G.LeechandJ.Svartarvik ...