[Vocabulary] colloquial

[UM Chakma]

Hi there,
Spoken English > Written English
Formal English > Formal English
Colloquial English > ?



What would be the answer?

 

[MikeNewYork]

What is the question?

 

[SoothingDave]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colloquial

If you are looking for antonyms, dictionaries give them.

I don't really understand your use of ">" greater than symbols.

 

[emsr2d2]

Your second example doesn't make sense. Both sides of the > sign read "Formal English".

 

[Raymott]

Maybe it's a trick?

 

[UM Chakma]

OMG! I am so sorry. I made a mistake. Well, let me retype it.

1) Spoken English > Written English
2) Formal English > Informal English
3) Colloquial English > ?

I think now it makes sense. I was actually looking for the antonym of "Colloquial". Soothingdave's source helped me to find the answer; which was "formal". I thought there would be any special word. Thank you all.

 

[teechar]

I thought there wouldn't be any such [STRIKE]special [/STRIKE]word. Thank you all.

;-)

 

[Tdol]

I thought there would be any special word.

There isn't really- formal could fit. There are other words that could be used to reflect non-colloquial language, like refined, polished, etc, but I don't really think of them as antonyms, just as I wouldn't think of formal language as the antonym of slang, and would struggle to think of an antonym for it.

 

[SoothingDave]

What makes you think spoken English is greater than written English?

 

[Tdol]

I think the symbol's just being used to indicate antonyms, isn't it?

 

[emsr2d2]

I assume that's how it's being used but I'm not aware of it being a widely-recognised way of doing it.