Correção de texto: Tough Question

Tough Question

I have some serious doubts as to my reading. I don’t know what type of English I should read to expand my vocabulary. I have come across two varieties of English lately. One of them seems more formal and the other one less formal. The first one we used to see it in magazines and newspapers. The second one we find it in literature books, the so-called “novels”.

I don't know what to do in this regard anymore. I have been reading both types, even formal language as informal language. I’ve noticed that they are very different from each other as regards the vocabulary used by each one - if you know what I mean. For example, in a magazine or newspaper, we will hardly see a casual dialog between two characters as we usually see in novel books. When I’m reading a novel book, for instance, I barely see those very formal linking words, like, "therefore", "furthermore", "nevertheless" and so on. To what is very ordinary this words being seen in magazines and newspapers.

I'm in two minds about whether I should read magazines and newspapers or novel books. At times I think it’s better to learn the English found in the novel books, because its English seems more like real life, more practical for our everyday life. On the other hand, I think the formal English will be better for my writing and also my speaking skills, once it is more understood over the world. On second thought, it just occurred to me that, maybe, novel books has actually, a semi-formal language and not an informal language itself. I don’t know, I just can’t decide. It has been a difficult question.

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