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Version: v3.1.1

Formality

The Formality metric judges how formal a piece of text is. A higher score indicates the text is more formal, and a lower score indicates the text is more informal.

Formality will be increased by the use of:

  • Professional language and structure
  • Complex vocabulary

Formality will be decreased by the use of:

  • Colloquialisms and slang
  • Contractions
  • Textspeak

FAQs

How do I know what formality is needed for my use case?

Here are some examples:

  • 40: "I’ll shoot the documents over to your office tomorrow!"
  • 65: "I’ll get those documents to you tomorrow."
  • 90: "In fulfillment of your request, the appropriate documents will be dispatched to your office tomorrow."

We are planning to release a custom calibration tool soon so stay tuned!