Formal: Good morning! How are you?
Informal: Hey how's it going?
Formal: They will be attending the meeting tomorrow.
Informal: They’ll attend the meeting tomorrow.
Formal: I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Informal: Sorry!
Formal: I want to pass my English exam tomorrow.
Informal: I wanna pass my English exam tomorrow.
Improvements cannot be introduced due to funding restrictions.
The improvements canʼt be introduced due to funding restrictions.
The results are not believed to be accurate.
I donʼt believe that the results are accurate.
The research project will not continue next year.
The research project wonʼt continue next year.
The balloon was inflated for the experiment.
The balloon was blown up for the experiment.
The patient recovered from his illness.
The patient got over his illness.
The results of the study were confused.
The results of the study were mixed up.
The crowd was very rowdy during the protest against the cuts to university funding.
The mob was very rowdy during the protest against cuts to university funding.
Lecturers expect students to use correct grammar and punctuation in essays.
Lecturers still count on students to use correct grammar and punctuation in essays.
It was raining very heavily.
It was raining cats and dogs.
Various research methods were considered for the study.
I considered various research methods for the study.
It is believed the practice is unsustainable.
We believe the practice is unsustainable.
During the interview, students were asked about their experiences.
During the interview, I asked students about their experiences.
