Usage on farewell remark
I found several forms of farewell remarks like these:
Goodbye
Good-bye
Good-by
Bye
Bye-Bye
Are these remarks equivalent in both written and spoken English ?
Solution 1:
More or less, they're all equivalent. Let's break it down for each version:
Goodbye
This is the most standard/conventional, and a perfectly formal version.
Good-bye
A more old-fashioned version of goodbye
, also acceptable, though less standard.
Good-by
Alternative (rather less common) spelling of good-bye
.
Bye
A shortened version of goodbye
; perfectly acceptable, though slightly less formal.
Bye-Bye
Means the same thing; the least formal of all versions, rather colloquial.