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How to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters& Z7 j- @4 z; D D
( e! l, z- G7 x% C3 ^' g5 UThere are a few questions that English speakers ask at the beginning of a conversation. These questions are simple tools to find out if there are any interesting topics to discuss.
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You've certainly heard these questions, but you might be confused about how to answer. Here's a list of common answers to the questions "How are you?", "How's it going?", "What's up?", and "What's happening?"* t2 V# ~! P6 i- L* g0 y }
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How are you?+ S& u' \/ L7 f9 }6 R% `
Fine.0 o* V. | g/ ^5 X8 H4 L) r. u [
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This is a simple, straight answer. If you don't say anything else, though, it might be a signal that you don't want to continue the conversation.% |8 Y$ h0 b# C4 S4 k
- K F$ m+ e; x0 ~% fNot bad.+ s# r- t: ]! A4 N/ W! J4 U
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This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".
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Fine, thanks.! P" F1 K y. m- K+ O# ~* r2 m& K
1 Y( g( {+ n4 Y! kThis answer is formal. You might answer this way if someone you don't know, like a waiter at a restaurant, asks how you are.
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Very well, thanks.
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$ e1 {2 H. a5 b( l/ y) OA person who likes to be grammatically proper might answer this way. Technically, the question "How...?" should be answered with an adverb. However, a lot of English speakers don't know or care about this. The people who do are "by the books" types who insist on using grammatically correct language.
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5 x$ b2 P4 b$ N/ T$ E, L- cPretty good.
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( d/ T! S% `$ R7 k" tIf you don't care as much about grammar, you can answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and much, much more casual.
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2 Q; _; ^( w% E2 K: H+ JGreat! How are you doing?
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- T9 ~+ |/ G3 e4 r2 J+ x& uThis is an enthusiastic, excited response. It's always good to ask a question back to the other person if you want to continue the conversation.
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I'm hanging in there.
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3 J- z q# k8 @/ h& WThis answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.
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7 d% A* t) O9 _8 G" B8 v4 R( B+ k, s; vI've been better.1 H, l+ E9 s% P+ ]6 z+ l# h: F
$ c3 Z/ y' \' f+ t4 j( C7 EPeople usually give positive answers to the question "How are you?" If you give a negative answer like this one, it usually means that you want to tell the listener your sad story. So they'll usually ask what's wrong:
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* q7 ]6 f6 V" [2 ^, [+ Z9 DA: How are you?
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4 K5 w0 ?4 h; [' f4 u! _B: I've been better.+ c0 ^2 D9 v1 \+ w: `2 A3 S
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A: What's wrong?0 R% S2 z( [$ l3 K
. V$ m" I1 M/ M Z- fB: I just found out that I'm being laid off.; T7 D! b6 {1 z2 y3 s4 A
( s2 O7 D, O8 V5 wHow's it going?7 W" C- |4 h* u4 g# Q7 J4 p
This question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.
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+ b! ~( s. o vHere's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"( z g0 [$ z/ l
b9 r5 J, O: b) aIt's going well. 1 [2 h T% c, I: K0 z; h3 _
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This is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while. / k6 G7 g0 {( w1 a: Y; X a
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This question means "What's happening in your life?" But you don't have to answer honestly. If you don't want to start a long conversation, you can use one of these standard replies:
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Nothing much.: P; U2 ~; d& @% _& G. `
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This is the most common answer. You can follow it by sharing something interesting that's happening: "Nothing much. Just getting ready for Vanessa's graduation."
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+ p) _5 ]* g5 Z8 u/ @9 nThis is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.# D5 O4 a5 B4 A# {5 H( H0 d
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Nothing.
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5 B! m" `, Y1 b: i9 J0 o* dThis is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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S8 |7 t$ C2 U, EOh, just the usual.! y5 q, u6 _6 z: H; V0 }2 j# C
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Answer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.
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Just the same old same old.; c2 J0 c6 M0 V6 V
3 H% R* u, H: J& W* kThis phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.2 `, N3 Y! h. _& A- S' `
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Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!' r) G z _7 O1 o, j$ {" o6 N
# L' r# O$ T1 L$ K+ nYou can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.
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This question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.1 z( `, w! `1 [4 G
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