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Formal and informal language

Are the language features below Formal or informal language features?


Write ‘I’ for informal and ‘F’ for formal

 Grammar (e.g.) word order unlike normal speech


 Grammar features similar to speech
 Using short forms (e.g. btw, etc.)
 Avoiding contractions (e.g. I’m, we’ve)
 Longer words and longer sentences
 No subject or no subject and no auxiliary verb
 Phrasal verbs
 Idioms and idiom phrases like ‘keep in touch’
 Slang
 Very polite language such as ‘Would you mind…?
 Similar to emails to friends and family
 Exclamation marks and multiple punctuation (i.e. !!!)
 Greetings with first names
 Greetings with full names or Sir/Madam
 Signing off with first name
 Signing off with first name and surname

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