English 7: informal - formal English

Informal	Formal
say sorry	apologize, apologise
go up	increase
go down	decrease
set up	establish
look at	examine
blow up	explode
find out	discover
bring about (Sw.: orsaka)	cause
put off, (do it later)	postpone, delay
let, give the OK to (= allow)	permit
show	demonstrate, illustrate, portray
stand for	represent
find out	discover, ascertain
leave out	omit
point out	indicate
go against	oppose
get in touch with	contact
It’s about	It concerns, It’s in regards to
need to / needed	required
think about	consider
get	obtain
put up	tolerate
deal with	handle
give the go ahead, greenlight	authorize, authorise
ring up	call
get on someone’s nerves	bother
show up	arrive
free, let out	release

Informal	Formal
Anyways	Nevertheless
Plus/Also	Moreover/ Furthermore
But	However
So	Therefore/Thus
Also	In addition, Additionally
ASAP	as soon as possible/at your earliest convenience
Okay, OK	acceptable
All right	Acceptable
I think	In my opinion,
In the end,	Finally
To sum up	In conclusion,
In a nutshell/Basically	To summarize,

Informal	Formal
lots of/ a lot of	much, many
tons of, heaps of	large quantities of, a number of
totally	completely, strongly
really, very	definitely

Informal	Formal
Hi Robert,	Dear Sir or Madam
Just wanted to let you know…	I am writing to inform you…
Love,	Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully,
Cheers,	Yours Truly, Best regards, kind regards

Hope to hear from you soon	I look forward to hearing from you
You can call me if you need anything	Please do not hesitate to contact me

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English 7