Colloquial
Have you talked to someone about it, someone maybe a little more bookish than me?
Is this colloquial?
Thanks.
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"colloquial" means informal. Do you want to ask whether the sentence is informal, or just whether it is natural English? Assuming you do mean the former, most of the sentence is neutral in respect of formality.
- "colloquial" means informal.
- Do you want to ask whether the sentence is informal, or just whether it is natural English?
- Assuming you do mean the former, most of the sentence is neutral in respect of formality.
- However, the word "maybe" feels somewhat informal (in formal writing it would be better to use "perhaps").
- The other aspect that seems slightly informal to me is the punctuation.
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"colloquial" means informal. Do you want to ask whether the sentence is informal, or just whether it is natural English? Assuming you do mean the former, most of the sentence is neutral in respect of formality. However, the word "maybe" feels somewhat informal (in formal writing it would be better to use "perhaps"). The other aspect that seems slightly informal to me is the punctuation. In for
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