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How to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters
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$ | |+ Y$ N6 p3 A' ]3 U1 DThere 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?"* k8 `6 y9 B) u* J5 n
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3 S+ c+ G4 M) K0 V( Y1 [Fine.
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( f5 G' ~6 t2 I- L) m. 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.8 ]2 m" F9 f( Z/ b, B# N7 n2 O
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Not bad.' ]- q+ k9 B8 @7 t% x7 t) {1 r9 z
, t2 E3 G+ X4 p, l& e! xThis is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".
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( E# a \8 V$ \; p/ W' M f1 o0 J$ Z/ eFine, thanks.
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" e% [; e- s( ?# t' n/ X TThis answer is formal. You might answer this way if someone you don't know, like a waiter at a restaurant, asks how you are.0 R F1 g5 g5 X9 h# E( N
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Very well, thanks.3 I. k) e q3 f, N; A% M3 J0 u/ A
0 D3 B" h x( p3 T6 tA 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.7 E6 d: q* d& V f* j
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2 ~6 W; J0 X" p5 {! t+ `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.3 c/ d- b! ]7 b4 `' ~
* P. ?- y9 O5 kGreat! 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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I'm hanging in there.
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This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.
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I've been better.) F& l/ D/ D- ? g( y
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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:
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( R! Q& k9 o# r7 C. \* jA: How are you?" o) ?$ m6 u& }$ _
2 Q2 u4 r0 k. u9 lB: I've been better.
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A: What's wrong?3 L% J) V+ x! w% ]( d
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B: I just found out that I'm being laid off.
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# o; h, U! t4 q5 xHow's it going?
; ^" t) Z8 `/ zThis question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.% P Y0 t# r7 V6 I8 w O( _6 J( c- c
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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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, _' Z$ F2 c. Q, U% CIt's going well. * ^( F8 F% f4 g- ]/ r
* H3 |0 d( g4 x% l1 l% UThis is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while. + G! A# G: G h1 e) D+ r
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/ t; W$ f5 K# ], ^$ gThis 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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+ p: T+ C6 x; F' J. aNothing much.) m9 M! S" w( q; r# d: c
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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."( i# F) Z; Q. p& ] U
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. }- \6 e. Q. x3 {This is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.5 u& U" N! v2 i: E) w
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! H9 \! m7 g8 ]- V( t) x1 KThis is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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Oh, just the usual.0 b' c" M, F) q( E ^9 n! z3 f
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Answer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.6 H- w4 u7 m7 [" U3 b9 G r
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Just the same old same old.
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) y2 q9 X) x. [This phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.
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* d% c4 h: O4 q D$ [3 XOh gosh, all kinds of stuff!0 u: {. ^: [* h# s B2 T, \) X
$ n z% N/ c( q) |; vYou can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.5 q$ T3 |' h& n6 ?% C; s
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What's happening?7 v, T9 A5 V. [9 p
This question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.
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