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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
Who taught you ます was that formal? It isn't particularly all that formal. It's just 'plain' and 'normal'. The fact that we can form ～～てます alone should prove that it isn't formal.
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I asked my girlfriend, and she said that "ます" feels too formal, and just "strange" if you're talking with a friend or family member. That's how I always understood it
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