About the use of 'formal'
I just wonder if 'formal' has something awkward.
For example, "that's very formal"

In this case, could I interpret this sentence as "that's very awkward" ?

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About the use of 'formal'
I just wonder if 'formal' has something awkward.
For example,  "that's very formal"

In this case, could I interpret this sentence as "that's very awkward" ?

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thanks Michael. I understand now.

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No that would be incorrect.   A great example of formal for you would be Korean honorifics.  "It is formal to address your elders a certain way."  Most of the time though in english we use the word formal like this:   "Tonight's dinner in the grand ballroom is going to be formal with the gentelmen wearing tuxedos and the women wearing full-length gowns. "