As a general matter writers that try to use a formal voice but don’t have a lot of practice with it produce writing that is much worse than if they just settled

As a general matter writers that try to use a formal voice but don’t have a lot of practice with it produce writing that is much worse than if they just settled for something more casual. I’m not saying emojis and text-speak but most of the time writers shouldn’t reach for words or phases that they think sound impressive.