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RECOGNIZING LEVEL OF FORMALITY

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Most people try to match the level of formality of the email that they have received. But this entails knowing how to recognize just how formal an email is. There are various clues.

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Wallwork, A. (2014). RECOGNIZING LEVEL OF FORMALITY. In: Email and Commercial Correspondence. Guides to Professional English. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0635-2_10

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