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Which sentence is an example of formal language? A.That new restaurant is the worst, and I'll never go back there again. B.Customers did not enjoy the service they received at the new restaurant. C.I didn't like the food at the restaurant and thought the service was really bad. D.The service at that restaurant is awful, and you shouldn't go there.

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The answer is indeed the second option: Customers did not enjoy the service they received at the new restaurant.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason why we may consider the second option to be formal and the others to be informal is the use of first-person and third-person subjects.

Formal sentences tend not to express the author's or speaker's subjective points of view. Thus, they tend to use third-person subjects.

Informal sentences, on the other hand, do not have such a restriction. They may express the speaker's personal opinion and, for that reason, they may use first-person subjects.

A.That new restaurant is the worst, and I'll never go back there again. --> first person.

B.Customers did not enjoy the service they received at the new restaurant. --> third person.

C.I didn't like the food at the restaurant and thought the service was really bad. --> first person.

D.The service at that restaurant is awful, and you shouldn't go there. --> the speaker, based on his/her own personal opinion, is telling the other person not to do something.

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