非正式口语中的语法在某些方面与书面语法不同。
句子通常不那么复杂，使用的连词种类更少，也更简单。
正式的书面语：
While the hotel was of quite a high standard, the food was disappointing.
非正式的口语：
The hotel was quite good, but the food was disappointing.
信息经常可以分开，以一条一条的形式呈现——句子并非总是遵循主语—谓语—宾语的语序。
The woman across the road, her brother, well, I was talking to him, and he said…
They work very hard, the students.
在非正式口语中，经常省略非重读的句子开头。
省略的主要是冠词、物主代词、人称代词、助动词和be动词、指示词和引导性的there is句型。
Car’s running badly. (=The car’s…)
Shoelace is undone. (=My shoelace…)
Forgotten the umbrella again. (=He’s forgotten…)
You talking to me? (=Are you talking…?)
She ready? (=Is she ready?)
Must dash. (=I must dash.)
Won’t work. (=It won’t work)
Be four pounds fifty. (=That’ll be…)
No reason to panic. (= There’s no reason…)
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