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Formal Register — Registro Formale B2·Formal Syntax: Complex Subordination
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Formal written Italian prefers complex subordinate clauses (hypotaxis) over coordination with 'e/ma/però'. Features: participial clauses ('avendo considerato', 'tenuto conto di'), relative clauses with 'il quale/la quale', gerund constructions, and nominalization ('la realizzazione di' instead of 'realizzare'). Colloquial Italian prefers parataxis (coordination).

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Which version uses the more formal syntactic structure?

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