Question

Read the paragraph below carefully and answer the question that follows.
1 My name is Maddox Smith. 2 I am the Treasurer of the San Marcos High School Charity Club. 3 We're having a canned food drive. 4 This event is going to be off the hook and raise lots of dough for the homeless peeps. 5 It's just two weeks away and I am writing to ask for your help. 6 the Charity Club is planning to place collection boxes for canned food items at various local stores. 7 We'd love it if you would allow us to place a bin at Shop Mart. 8 All of the collections from the food drive will go to the local food bank to be sent out to local families who are really, super poor.
The excerpt from Maddox's letter is inappropriate simply because it contains contractions.
-True
-False

Answer 1

False, because it also uses informal language, such as "peeps" and "dough" in Sentence 4.

Answer 2

Answer:

False.

Explanation:

Not only is the use of contractions inappropriate for a formal letter like this, it is also too casual to be used as a form of application for asking any favor. Also, the letter contains a lot of slang words like 'dough' and 'peeps', which can be replaced by proper words. This form of letter sounds too casual to be used for such a form of asking favors. So, it s false as not only the use of contractions make it inappropriate, the use of slang words also made it more appropriate for any official use.