Chat GPT is kind of cheating here and has been using more or less than 200 words in its answers. I thought it would be extra impressive if every single time it managed to hit 200 words precisely. Okay, I'll let that one slip. Anyway, here is a tabloid newspaper article about this car accident. You ready? Horror on the roads car crash at intersection. Eyewitnesses reported that the red SUV appeared to have run a red light, slamming into the blue sedan and sending it spinning out of control. The impact was so severe that the sedan's airbags deployed, leaving the driver with minor injuries.
How would the same car accident be described in over 15 completely different styles of English?
What are the differences in vocabulary, grammar and organisational structure?
How should I change my voice to read each description?
Let's see how English changes in different situations.
Styles presented include:
- formal and informal English,
- news reports,
- an action movie screenplay,
- an Eminem rap, a romantic novel,
- a Shakespeare play,
- a politician making a speech,
- a stand-up comedian,
- Liam Neeson in the film Taken,
- and Luke in an episode of Luke's English Podcast.
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