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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
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Why all this formality?



Is the above sentence correct? becuase it has no verb in the sentence.



Thanks alot
  

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Could you please not use gray fonts. It's very difficult to read. Thanks.

— CalifJim

  • Could you please not use gray fonts.
  • It's very difficult to read.
  • Thanks.
  • Why all this formality?
  • is incomplete because it has no verb, but this kind of thing is very common in informal communications, both written and spoken.
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Could you please not use gray fonts. It's very difficult to read. Thanks.

Why all this formality? is incomplete because it has no verb, but this kind of thing is very common in informal communications, both written and spoken.

CJ
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Thanks!

Could you please put it in a complete sentence with " verb" . Are there any variations of this sentence?

Thanks
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napoleonponapaCould you please put it in a complete sentence with " verb"
It depends on the context. It's probably

Why are you [speaking, acting, behaving] with all this formality?

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