Learn English – Is “from all over” ok in a formal text

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Context: academic, resume-like document detailing a person's achievements.

"The institute has attracted people from all over the University"

Does the above sound okay, or is the "from all over" an informal phrase?

I've found a dictionary entry that "all over the place" is informal when it's used non-literally, and haven't found any mention of the actual "from all over" being informal, but it feels vaguely informal to me. Vaguely. Can anyone weigh in?

Best Answer

Yes, this seems fine. The former is not attached to informal language whereas the latter can be.

To say 'from all over' is perfectly normal to describe what you have written under that context and it is not an informal phrase.

It's a way to express something or someone coming in from numerous directions, many different or varied places and so on and so forth.

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