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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Letter Writing

Informal or Formal?

Hi, aren't most sentences that have contractions informal?

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Contractions are discouraged in the most formal writing. However, most business correspondence today is conducted via email and has become informal compared to the pre-Internet days.

  • Contractions are discouraged in the most formal writing.
  • However, most business correspondence today is conducted via email and has become informal compared to the pre-Internet days.
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Contractions are discouraged in the most formal writing.
However, most business correspondence today is conducted via email and has become informal compared to the pre-Internet days.

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