FORMAL AND INFORMAL LANGUAGE Flashcards

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Formal language

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  1. Less personal and more serious
  2. Used for professional and academic purposes
  3. More common when we write
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Informal language

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  1. More casual, spontaneous, relaxed and personal
  2. Used for personal email, text messages, postcards, letters, business correspondence
  3. Use colloquialism, contractions, first person pronoun
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