Formal vs Informal Speech

Formal Situations:
• Business meetings
• Government offices
• First meetings with elders
• Academic presentations

Informal Situations:
• With close friends
• Family conversations
• Casual social gatherings

Key Differences:
• Pronoun usage changes
• Vocabulary becomes more polite
• Sentence structure may be longer

Last modified: Thursday, 11 September 2025, 9:08 PM