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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Spoken vs written English
Hi once again! 
These days, I'm seeing movies very often. In movies, I very often hear things like 'You okay?' (instead of 'Are you okay?'), 'Everything fine?' (in place of 'Is everything fine?'), 'She died?' (instead of 'Did she die?').
I'd like to ask you If it's really a correct English. Is it that in spoken English, we could say those things, but in written English, we should avoid to do so?
Many thanks.
These days, I'm seeing movies very often. In movies, I very often hear things like 'You okay?' (instead of 'Are you okay?'), 'Everything fine?' (in place of 'Is everything fine?'), 'She died?' (instead of 'Did she die?').
I'd like to ask you If it's really a correct English. Is it that in spoken English, we could say those things, but in written English, we should avoid to do so?
Many thanks.
Top answer
It's fine in informal spoken English. Don't try it in any but the most informal written English such as texts/emails to friends and chatrooms
- It's fine in informal spoken English.
- Don't try it in any but the most informal written English such as texts/emails to friends and chatrooms
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It's fine in informal spoken English. Don't try it in any but the most informal written English such as texts/emails to friends and chatrooms
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If you actually listen to the way people speak in conversation, you will hear a lot of fragments. Native speakers expect their listeners to understand and mentally "fill in the gaps."
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Laboriouswe should avoid to do so
"avoid" takes an -ing. "avoid doing so" 00
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