translate qution English. do you find any difference between formal and informal speech in your mother tongue?
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Formal language does not make use of contractions, colloquialisms, or first person pronouns like “I” or “we.” Informal language, on the other hand, is much more spontaneous and casual. This is the type of language used when communicating with friends or family members and can be used when either writing or speaking.
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Hi,everyone,
Could you tell me what's the difference between formal and imformal English?!
A letter to a friend may be informal. A website forum like this one may also imformal. But we usually see such greetings as 'Dear Weibing'. It seems 'Hi, Weibing' is quite natural here.
Contractions sounds informal. 'I'm', 'we're', 'there's' etc are all natural to me. I wonder if such contractions could be seen in an English textbook,an English dictionary or a president's speech - all these should be considered formal. I once used 'it'll'(instead if 'it will') in a letter to my friend Steve, but he pointed out that I should avoid using 'it'll'. Then when should I use 'I am', 'we are' instead of 'I'm' and 'we are'?
Maybe the difference between formal and informal English is not that clear. we may have 'very informal', 'quite formal' etc?!
I'd appreciate any reply from you all. Thanks again - maybe more formal: thank you again!
Best wishes,(Maybe here just 'yours', 'love' or nothing at all here.)
Weibing