Colloquialism

choose   Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:02 pm GMT
"Jake, it was good to see you at the Nashville tradeshow. I was hoping to get that demographic information we talked about over lunch"
This memo "contains colloquialisms." One being "good to see you." However, I don't exactly comprehend how I'd turn that phrase into a formal one.
"It was nice seeing you?"
Uriel   Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:20 pm GMT
I guess, although I'm not sure anyone would make much distinction on a practical level between the two, or consider one more informal or overly familiar than the other (if that's what is being meant by "colloquial").
choose   Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:49 pm GMT
To list the rest of colloquialisms in the memo, according to the site, they are:
1) "to get"
2) "talked about"
They all make sense to me as to why they're colloquial except "it was good to see you."
I tried to learn french,   Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:19 am GMT
"Jake, it was [nice]good to meet you.."



"I was hoping to get that demographic information we talked about over lunch"


???

I was hoping I could get that demographic information we discussed over dinner

I was hoping that I could get the demographic information we discussed over dinner.