Formal English| Informal English

•Formal language is English language that is formal in nature. It clearly spoken, polite and grammatically correct. It is often used when the listener or reader is an important person or if the subject matter is of an important nature. An example of formal english can be found in a news broadcast or on a legal document. Informal language is not necessarily formal or clearly spoken and is used when the listener or reader is a person with whom the speaker or writer is familiar, like your family and friends.

•Informal language is used in conversation with friends. It is idiomatic and is mostly full of slang. Informal language can also be intimate langauge such as English used between lovers or, interestingly, twins. If you are a businessman then you would not use Informal English while talking on a serious matter in a meeting. Informal language can include slang and non-slang terms that change from country to country.

•Mostly Formal English is used to make an impression or to show respect. The reason for use of informal English may be to save time or to e casual. With informal English, the speaker feels comfortabilty. Informal and formal English are tendencies to language. They are used as styles of expressions only. It is possible to be serious while using informal language and it is possible to be silly or comical using informal language.

Native speakers speak either formal or informal language without thinking about it. So they never think about when it is appropriate to use either style. Basically Informal English is used when speaking the language, but more formal English is used when people are writing English within the context of business or when a formal letter is required.

Informal English language is very friendly but it is not viewed as being suitable within the formal business meeting. However, it's always not the same. You may be very frankly your boss and often talk in Informal English with him. It depends on you.

If you want to improve your written English, then you will have to complete all the 3 steps, when you Listen, Speak and Read English properly then you can easily write English without even learning it. Yes you have to know some easy things about punctuations in order to write good English. But that's not as hard as everyone thinks. When you can speak English very well then with the very little information of punctuations you will write professional emails, you can reply to your clients in English. The English that you should use when writing a thesis or paper should be formal

ELP's Lessons teach you both Formal and Informal English. Listening to authentic conversations will improve your Informal English and by listening to audio story which is written and narrated by a highly qualified writer, you will learn Formal English as well.

Some examples:

Informal: kids, guy, awesome, a lot, etc.

Formal: children, man/boy, wonderful, many, etc.

Informal: can't, won't, shouldn't, etc.

Formal: can not, will not, should not, etc.

Here is an example of formal English that you read in books:

As the price of fours dollars was reasonable, I decided to make the purchase without further thought.

The same sentence would be said quite differently in informal English. Here's an actual example that you will hear from a young American:

It was, like, four bucks, so I was like "okay".

What should you learn?

According to a research, it is proved that if you learn Informal English! then it's very easy for you to learn Formal English without even learning it deeply. And as every body knows the important Formal English, then one should learn Informal English first. This is the English which is being spoken on the streets of America. ELP's lessons focus on both Formal and Informal English. By just listening, you can have command on both types of English.

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