This kind of formal English, particularly written English, is often called " standard English ".

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

There are slight regional variations in formal written English in the United Kingdom.

Urukagina ( reigned c. 2380 BC – 2360 BC, short chronology ) had an early code that has not survived ; a later king, Ur-Nammu, left the earliest extant written law-system, the Code of Ur-Nammu ( c. 2100-2050 BC ), which prescribed a formal system of penalties for specific cases in 57 articles.

However, medial capitals are rarely used in formal written English and most style guides recommend against their use.

In the United States, dates are rarely written in purely numerical forms in formal writing, although they are very common elsewhere ; when numerical forms are used, the month appears first.

* Treaties are formal written agreements specified by the Treaty Clause of the Constitution.

Such institutional support may include government recognition or designation ; presentation as being the " correct " form of a language in schools ; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbooks that set forth a " correct " spoken and written form ; and an extensive formal literature that employs that dialect ( prose, poetry, non-fiction, etc .).

Most of the others became elaborate formal descriptions which most readers will never be able to decipher, and therefore may not stand up to automated debugging / compiling, just as a program might look good in review, but a compiler might find some interesting errors, and actually running the program written might find even more interesting errors.

With the advent of written representations, formal rules about language usage tend to appear also.

In law, interrogatories ( also known as requests for further information ) are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary, in order to clarify matters of fact and help to determine in advance what facts will be presented at any trial in the case.

Lambda calculus ( also written as λ-calculus or called " the lambda calculus ") is a formal system in mathematical logic for expressing computation by way of variable binding and substitution.

If an appropriate form of written text is made available before formal schooling begins, reading should be learned inductively, emerge naturally, and with no significant negative consequences.

This proposal advances knowledge and understanding because it challenges the commonly held belief that written language requires formal instruction and schooling.

Lines may serve other functions, particularly where the poem is not written in a formal metrical pattern.

While syntax is commonly specified using a formal grammar, semantic definitions may be written in natural language ( e. g., as in the C language ), or a formal semantics ( e. g., as in Standard ML and Scheme specifications ).

The syntax and semantics of the language have to be inferred from this description, which may be written in natural or a formal language.

* More formal and complex written statements of ownership that permit the easier assumption of shared risk and ownership in companies, and insurance against risk ;

Even today, formal written modern English differs subtly from spoken English because not all emphasis and disambiguation is possible to convey in print, even with punctuation.

For this reason there was often no reason to write the establishment's name on the sign and inns opened without a formal written name, the name being derived later from the illustration on the pub's sign.

In law as practiced in countries that follow the English models, a pleading is a formal written statement filed with a court by parties in a civil action, other than a motion.

The RFC leaves questions open and is written in a less formal style.

A regular expression is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor, which is a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification.

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county.

" After a vigorous debate, a formal vote for impeachment was held in the House of Representatives on December 5, 1867, and failed, 57 – 108.

The issue of staff training was one of hot debate in the navy, with some such as Fisher seeing no point in more training, while others such as Beresford supported the development of a formal naval staff.

It also exercises political control over the cabinet through formal questioning of ministers on policy issues and by requesting a confidence debate.

In 1254 Mongke Khan organized a formal religious debate ( in which William of Rubruck took part ) between Christians, Muslims and Buddhists in Karakorum, a cosmopolitan city of many religions.

The feasibility of the basic technologies analyzed in Nanosystems has been the subject of a formal scientific review by U. S. National Academy of Sciences, and has also been the focus of extensive debate on the internet and in the popular press.

Although some sort of formal assembly probably was held, it is unlikely that any debate took place, as the duke had by then established control over his nobles, and most of those assembled would have been anxious to secure their share of the rewards from the conquest of England.

The ongoing conflicting signals left by Graves, and discrepancies between his and Hood's records of what signals had been given and when, led to immediate recriminations, written debate, and an eventual formal inquiry.

Though Bermuda has been classified as a self-governed colony since 1620, internal self-government was bolstered by the establishment of a formal constitution in 1968, and the introduction of universal adult suffrage ; debate about independence has ensued, although a 1995 independence referendum was soundly defeated.

" Audio ( listen / download format ) of a formal debate between Christian Greg Bahnsen and skeptic Gordon Stein from the University of California, Irvine.

The historical development and clarification of Buddhist doctrine and polemics, through dialectics and formal debate, is well documented.

Nhu won a seat in the body, ostensibly as an independent, but never bothered to attend a single session of debate or vote, but this made no difference as Diệm's policies were overwhelmingly approved in any formal show of numbers.

Hertha also raised the debate of higher formal education for women, and in 1861, the University for Women Teachers, Högre lärarinneseminariet, was founded by the state after the suggested woman university in Hertha.

He had no formal preparation for the debate, unlike his opponents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, and did not discuss any political issues with Perot beforehand.

The first of these allowed him to hone his skills at formal debate ; he earned a reputation as " one of the more effective although not the most dramatic of speakers ".

It is a part of the formal education process and is increasingly significant as students progress through university to graduate education, although there is debate among educators about its precise meaning and scope.

* Agon: The agon is a debate or formal argument constructed as a ' symmetrical scene ', with two declaimed sections and two songs.

Vasubandhu was particularly interested in formal logic to fortify his contributions to the traditions of dialectical contestability and debate.

The Socialist Party argues that this method is an example of aspects of genuine Democratic centralism, where the widest democratic discussion and debate takes place to attempt to reach agreement before any formal meeting takes place, followed by a meeting and a vote, after which, especially in times of serious struggle, the party is expected to pull together in the direction agreed.

The outcome of a debate depends upon consensus or some formal way of reaching a resolution, rather than the objective facts as such.

Derived from the Oxford Union debating society of Oxford University, " Oxford-Style " debate is a formal, competitive debate format featuring a sharply framed motion that is proposed by one side and opposed by another.

The context in which the Australasia style of debate is used varies, but in Australia and New Zealand is mostly used at the Primary and Secondary school level, ranging from small informal one-off intra-school debates to larger more formal inter-school competitions with several rounds and a finals series which occur over a year.

However, amid rumours of a change in the Polish position, the 13 – 15 December meeting of the Council's Committee of Permanent Representatives determined that a qualified majority appeared to exist, and that the Council's revised version of the directive would be scheduled for formal adoption by the Council, without further debate, probably at the Agricultures and Fisheries Council meeting on the 21st and 22 December 2004.

A formal language is an abstract structure, but a natural language is not, because its rules of grammar and syntax are open to debate and interpretation.