Choosing the right formality

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hello guys so today we are going to look

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at some differences between different

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formalities that we use when we are

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writing now you're writing in the form

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of an email or in a letter we're going

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to look at structures for both to take

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know letter writing email writing what

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language do you use when you're writing

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to different people it's something which

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often causes confusion not only for

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non-native speakers like yourselves of

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English but also for native speakers

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many of my friends sometimes asked me

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okay Jonathan you're an English teacher

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tell me should I write your speech early

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or yours sincerely to disappear soon so

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this is a little bit of academic English

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as well as yeah fail today so let's cool

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from the very beginning it's a very good

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place to start so when you are writing

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to a stranger a person who you have

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never met before the best way to open

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your letter is dear sir or madam dear

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sir or madam you do not know the

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person's name and at this stage perhaps

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is not important you would then have the

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main body of your email or of your

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letter what you're writing about it how

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do you