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How to respond to "What's up?"

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How to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters
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/ i' \' F6 `6 G3 H$ Y( zThere 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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; u1 m4 m5 f8 @8 X9 E: }' |% r9 IYou'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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2 z0 F7 y! Q) K9 YHow are you?
4 h1 H3 o+ z9 R/ GFine.; H/ E' V& }9 H0 `, t2 v

7 n- `8 Y# l+ k# |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.( Q6 p8 ^+ Q  [2 s2 a. N/ p( ~  m0 _

# g% h& ?! x, |5 ~) u. CNot bad.
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This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".4 G( a4 [& b2 I' ~8 y, F
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Fine, thanks.
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This 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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% A; e: }: o  G+ \. hVery well, thanks.
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1 j+ m# m" L8 l/ S9 AA 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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Pretty good.
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( |. W( W, b& E9 q/ t' i  ?( CIf you don't care as much about grammar, you can answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and much, much more casual.4 C; L/ P- y" `% R9 S# A( a

+ I$ m  d4 D, l6 _- n$ Y: rGreat! How are you doing?& O/ T$ O! m4 w( D
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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." n& q4 K4 h3 H" A
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I'm hanging in there.8 d! D/ k) `# p) Y$ ~; C
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This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.5 R. ^: F+ S8 Z5 J( [2 M; |5 z

8 C# `$ W8 n+ x- xI've been better.
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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:- ?+ Z) D6 n! \7 {8 F7 D

& K* |( r3 ~* @' I; ?A: How are you?
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# {: t+ Z& I: X5 f0 MB: I've been better.6 d& Z9 Q4 X" Y& t' [. y

! ]6 ]- e# X* ~  h# n% d: \A: What's wrong?
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B: I just found out that I'm being laid off.6 n' N2 e; V8 x, q7 j
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How's it going?, y  E' j5 v# M( W5 y4 W' }. v# }
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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Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"0 u7 `5 }* r* N2 |# I
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It's going well. 4 o5 ?: V, l. F( T, @- U7 P

* w) p4 w1 [5 Y' ?9 HThis is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while. 6 J3 t% |9 `) I+ k

& L1 T# F) ^  n) I# c% _7 rWhat's up?4 d) G: l/ L  q8 a0 z
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:9 U/ l& z2 |0 S' K/ Y
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Nothing much.
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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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Not a lot.0 n! ~$ H7 R" _0 M( |) M* u

, K" Y! G5 y& \  M2 d# m2 h/ FThis is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.7 U$ |3 Z3 M$ y! C: _
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Nothing., R0 p! T$ }6 @

3 ]; t; W/ O6 i4 l5 u5 {3 GThis is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.! G# p) n0 R' |& n; m
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Oh, just the usual.
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Answer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.
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: F6 A# \* Z8 E# Y3 LJust the same old same old.3 }  c) H6 ]0 `, n( J
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This phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.; o; ]+ e2 \1 D3 G7 X% {3 ~# v! q' q
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Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!* A8 J% E5 b' {0 G; @
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You can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.5 W& m, }' O5 K! ~$ J  }8 r
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What's happening?
8 P" _9 Y+ t, x& r+ G; F3 X. yThis question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.
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发表于 2015-11-2 21:55 来自手机 | 显示全部楼层
我很烦有人这么打招呼,感觉是小流氓和黑人专用问候语,我一般都回应,“我操你妈”
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发表于 2015-11-2 22:02 | 显示全部楼层
lol,,,,,,boooooo
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发表于 2015-11-2 22:25 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
martins 发表于 2015-11-2 21:55
$ O: C2 a( q* P( ^+ n我很烦有人这么打招呼,感觉是小流氓和黑人专用问候语,我一般都回应,“我操你妈”
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不会吧?年轻人喜欢这么问候。真没觉得怎么啊?
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发表于 2015-11-2 22:28 | 显示全部楼层
Not much
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发表于 2015-11-2 22:29 | 显示全部楼层
Same O same O, same old shit on different hole
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