Don’t be formal when you have to be informal.

Today’s English
March 24th, 2017

With your colleagues and boss, especially at workplace in writing, you employ formal English and with your Kith and kin, you use informal English.  You cannot tell your wife, “your attention is drawn to the recommendations presented by me yesterday.”  Likewise it will be awkward, if you write in the business letter: “We tell you to send the things quickly tomorrow.”  Here is a collection of some common expressions meant for day-to-day use. The first one in the following is formal whereas the second one, informal. (You can browse on the Net if you are interested to learn more.)

1. Accomplish – do, complete, finish
The project was accomplished as scheduled.
I haven’t done my home work yet.

2. Anticipate – expect
The major issues anticipated are herewith reported for your kind perusal.
Tell me what you expect me to do.

3. Assistance -help
The company has decided to extend its financial assistance to the employees.
Please help me bro. My purse is empty.

4. Communicate – talk, speak, tell
The matter has been communicated to the management.
Tell me what happened.

5. Dispatch – send, post, share
Have you dispatched the letter?
Have you shared me the photo on Whatsapp?

6. Furnish / grant – give
The data furnished needed some corrections.
Let me give you what you want.

7. Initiate, commence, launch – start, begin
The managing director initiated the awareness programme.
The child started/began to cry.

8. Prohibit – stop, ban
Smoking is prohibited here.
Will you please stop smoking here?

9. Require – want, need
The items required for the lab were purchased.
Is this the mobile you wanted to buy?

10. Terminate – end
The contract terminates next month.
Do you know how the story ends?

(Just for laugh!
In Law class:
Professor: if you have to give an orange, what will you say?

Student: take this orange.

Prof: no. Tell like a lawyer.

Student: I Ramakrishna son of Satyamurthy resident of chennai, Tamilnadu do here by solemnly affirm and voluntarily and consciously declare out of my volition and without any fear or favour or pressure or undue influence that I'm giving this fruit called orange on which I have absolute right, title and interest along with its peel, juice, seed and pulp.
I am also giving you absolute and unqualified right and interest to cut, peel, store, freeze or eat it.
You will also have the right to give this along with its peel, juice,seed or pulp to any one whosoever.
I further declare that I will be solely responsible and liable for any dispute till today pertaining to this orange. And after this conveyance today, my relationship  with this orange will cease to exist.

Prof: My lordship, where is your feet.... )