Informal Phrases

Hey... is less formal than Dear...

• True

• False

How's it going? Is an informal way to say how are you?

• True

• False

It's important to give a reason for writing in an informal email in the opening sentence

• True

• False

Phrasal Verbs like catch up makes your writing appear more informal

• True

• False

Ending a sentence with the preposition "of" is acceptable in informal communication

• True

• False

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high level of activity

• in fully swing

• by and large

• out of the blue

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on the whole

• out of the blue

• by and large

• to pick someone's brains

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unexpectedly

• out of the blue

• to bombard someone with questions

• to pick someone's brains

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to get information from someone who knows more about a certain topic

• to bombard someone with questions

• to pick someone's brains

• in fully swing

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to ask a lot of questions, one after another

• in fully swing

• out of the blue

• to bombard someone with questions