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In an email, I came across

> 搭載されてます機能。。。

I understand how 「～ています」can get shortened to 「～てます」, but I thought this was
informal (hence, contradicting the need for the 「～ます」 ending.

Also, I found it strange to be using a verb with a 「～ます」 ending as an
adjective. What are the rules/nuances of using 「～ます」 like this?
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verbs adjectives
「～てます」 as an adjective
> 搭載されてます機能

If this was in a formal business email, I would say it's grammatical but
overly casual. As you well know, the ています-to-てます-conversion is very common in
casual and colloquial Japanese, but that's not something you can use in a
business email.

They should have wrote in one of the followings ways:

>   * 搭載されています機能
>   * 搭載されております機能 (using humble おる)
>   * 搭載されている機能
>

As you can see, using ます to modify the following noun like this is not
uncommon.

That said, the last one is universally valid, and I personally prefer it even
in a formal email. There is no need to use 丁寧語 there, and I feel that using
the first form too much may leave an obsequious impression on people.

Of course you can safely say "搭載されてる機能" in a casual situation.
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