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How to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters/ J4 E) d' f* C- _% {
: m n7 U) o4 S6 a: }There 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.0 e/ D; k, j* e. L& v! i
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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?"
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Fine.
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" k- a& [* l7 T) S: A3 ]/ s$ rThis 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.
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Not bad.
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This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".3 W& h1 E$ o; d; Y. E1 k& P: B
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Fine, thanks.
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% F" Q C6 m. [6 O6 q: ZThis 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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4 {3 Z8 T' k4 WVery well, thanks./ v3 k& _% r1 \$ J: H2 `
" j% G, e' ]6 T! t+ r. QA 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.8 L2 S& L9 E" ~) Q
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Pretty good.0 r6 {6 b0 k: i. @8 x
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If 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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Great! How are you doing?
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This 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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5 B# ^4 v( n8 B/ q8 G0 y# cI'm hanging in there.
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This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.4 Z/ k# \- _ p6 u9 O( O9 h
+ U1 H; s7 R/ D5 w' Y' TI've been better.
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/ q( W8 S% D3 S5 R/ V) P! M x* \People 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:- M; Q: G$ S) R; f
: X6 O2 H1 Z3 y7 ]8 n c2 fA: How are you?
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B: I've been better.6 J5 g+ c6 a5 r5 n, l" M; B* n& W
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# M; I5 F" r/ X6 t. z( ]( d# I, D" K! NB: I just found out that I'm being laid off.
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0 I, M4 U) q; |% `" r9 B' jThis question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.* Y5 J/ e) }7 q w) Y
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Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"
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It's going well. - L- K. V- o& i% N: _/ O
3 R! f; H7 u6 f6 ZThis is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while.
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: {) i9 S. k- W* \3 U: X& }2 b6 yThis 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.2 t7 E; O3 h i
0 \7 {. B- g/ }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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8 q& |$ v( u5 w# i8 s" I& RNot a lot.6 W7 v4 e/ S' I/ u: r
6 Y/ \+ k3 {, ]( J% v* L2 R- vThis is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.
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Nothing.
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This is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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Oh, just the usual.9 y* i% W+ n2 v7 R6 q1 F& H
# ?4 v+ b6 a4 Q r, }! uAnswer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.
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1 a8 h8 U0 p4 s% ^. f' DJust the same old same old.2 R# d( L; j1 A2 D( |' d0 d) g
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This phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.
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# Z" m9 d" p$ l. V$ i- k& qOh gosh, all kinds of stuff!1 C2 _8 ?2 M3 J- s
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You can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.2 ], t$ v5 t3 ^; N7 n- R7 ?4 N
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What's happening?
% I1 J) ?) z4 q- }' V9 dThis question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.
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