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« on: Oct 23rd, 2013, 1:09am »
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Hi guys  
I'm Nita Paul i would like to get your opinion on  my post about Difference between Formal and Informal English.I'm also writing blog for Leospeak.com.
 
http://englishabeautifllanguage.quora.com/Difference-between-Formal-and- Informal-English Grin
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« Reply #1 on: Oct 23rd, 2013, 1:16am »
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Do check my post on Leospeak blog too I'm a beginner.Google " Leospeak blog "the blog  is just few months old.So please post your reviews.
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« Reply #2 on: Oct 30th, 2013, 12:33pm »
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on Oct 23rd, 2013, 1:09am, nitapaul87 wrote:
Hi guys  
I'm Nita Paul i would like to get your opinion on  my post about Difference between Formal and Informal English.I'm also writing blog for Leospeak.com.
 
http://englishabeautifllanguage.quora.com/Difference-between-Formal-and- Informal-English Grin
It's not very good English, to be honest.  
There are words missing in places: e.g. "A native speaker might easily pronounce a word that they have never <missing word(s)> but ..."
Punctuation is, let's say, "creative": e.g. "but for a person who is Learning English as a second language; it might be a difficult task" Why is there a semicolon there?
And grammar is not that good either: e.g. "Formal English is commonly used in giving speech, presentation etc."  You can't "give speech", you can either "give a speech" or "give speeches", and I'd opt for any of "used to give", "used for giving", "used when giving" or "used in" in favor of "used in giving".
 
Additionally, the content is a bit obvious, not specific to English, and lacking in examples.
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« Reply #3 on: Dec 19th, 2013, 10:45pm »
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Contracted Forms
Formal - Don't use contracted forms, use the entire auxiliary verb: They have lived in New York for many years.
Informal - Use contracted forms: They've lived in New York for many years.
 
Relative Structures
Formal - Use relative structures: The woman thought that it was important to be on time.
Informal - Drop certain relative structures: The woman thought it was important to be on time.
 
The Use of 'Whom'
Formal - Use 'whom' as an object: Whom have they chosen for the position?
Informal - Use 'who' as an object: Who have they chosen for the position?
 
Auxiliary Verb Usage
Formal - Always use the full form of an auxiliary: Have you finished your work?
Informal - Sometimes the auxiliary verb is dropped in informal speech. Note: This is often grammatically incorrect, but is certainly common in everyday usage: Finished your work?
 
Word Choice
Formal - Many words tend to be used in more formal situations. For example, certain verbs tend to be used in formal situations, but have other synonyms (often phrasal verbs) that are used in informal situations. Also, it uses more vocabulary derived from French and Latin (bigger words) It uses more synonyms and doesn't repeat the same words as much. The police investigated the situation.
Informal synonym: We looked into the situation.
 
Passive structures
Formal - It uses more indirect language, making it less personal. The student was given a book.
Informal synonym: We gave the student a book.
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Re: Difference-between-Formal-and-Informal-English  
« Reply #4 on: Feb 8th, 2015, 12:08am »
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My English teacher said that the most popular language in the World is not English... but the most popular language is broken English Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: Jun 23rd, 2016, 1:09am »
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Jordan, I guess that the most popular language is Chinese English Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: Mar 2nd, 2017, 8:20am »
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I would guess there are more anglophones in India than in China.  But I don't have any data to support that statement.
 
PS: Wikipedia thinks so
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_popu lation
 
On the other hand that page don't think there are so many english-speakers in China.
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