Formal vs Informal writing
Learn the difference between formal and informal writing styles, and how to communicate effectively by understanding your audience and choosing the appropriate language.
00:00:00 Learn the difference between formal and informal writing styles, and how to communicate effectively by understanding your audience and choosing the appropriate language.
📚 Formal and informal writing styles have different tones and purposes.
💡 Consider your audience, message, and language style when writing.
👔👗 Formal writing requires a more professional tone while informal writing allows for more personality.
00:01:03 Learn the differences between formal and informal writing. Formal language is serious and impersonal, used for academic writings. Informal language is chatty and friendly, used for emails and text messages.
📝 Formal language is used for academic writings, job applications, and professional situations, while informal language is used for emails, letters to family, and text messages.
🖋️ Formal language has an impersonal tone and sounds serious, while informal language has a personal tone and sounds chatty.
📧 Differences between formal and informal English can be observed in the tone and content of a letter; formal language is more appropriate for professional communication.
00:02:08 A comparison between formal and informal writing styles in English, focusing on an informal email and transforming it into a more formal letter of application.
📧 Using informal language in a formal email can make it appear unprofessional.
🔀 In formal writing, it is important to use more formal words and avoid casual language and short forms.
📝 Replacing informal words and shortened forms with their formal counterparts can improve the formality of the writing.
00:03:15 The video discusses the differences between formal and informal writing, emphasizing the importance of using shorter sentences in informal language and longer complex sentences in formal writing.
Using passive structures and longer complex sentences for formal writing.
Using shorter sentences and informal language for informal writing.
Writing formally when communicating with unfamiliar individuals.
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