Stylisticians have developed different views on what constitutes style. The mainstream views are: 1) Style as Deviation - Style is seen as departing from normal language use. For example, using "grief" instead of a noun like "month" in the phrase "a grief ago". 2) Style as Variation - Style involves choosing different ways to say the same thing. For example, different ways to instruct smokers to sit at the back. 3) Style as Foregrounding - This view combines the previous two, seeing style as both deviant features and striking but non-deviant linguistic choices that draw attention, such as rhythmic patterns. Both deviation and over-regularity