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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 starters7 B$ l- K3 c$ z) l
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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.  b, v# q& p* H- |) Y0 ^

; w2 w2 c" R( ~6 {( n, hYou'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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3 d( o/ F! N- }9 H6 ]1 PHow are you?
- V0 |4 ]" y5 Z4 c, jFine.
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5 ^8 D% X7 R0 e" {* a0 {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.
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Not bad.
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This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".  k6 T* z" b( ?+ e, G  S
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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.$ {: t7 G, F" p, y

( w: O' x- v0 VVery well, thanks.
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A 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 i( l+ j/ N4 y* w/ r8 C7 u4 [Pretty good.7 f9 W& s( [+ u: 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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' C! L, v* X& f( _1 |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.) p" \* v4 v! \$ Q
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I'm hanging in there.8 H- F1 q# l) n8 d) d/ n2 ^( M7 x& z
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This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.1 s6 {1 [+ b" Z+ e% W5 T2 `

- f; c' Q3 x' V$ w5 |9 dI've been better.
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( c" m% o% H3 T6 U) GPeople 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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A: How are you?
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B: I've been better.
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A: What's wrong?; q9 w6 y  P" p8 ~
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B: I just found out that I'm being laid off.
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How's it going?1 z1 `& I) F; i6 w7 X- E; ?. U
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?"& F) X: x; I7 r: Y. {* X
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It's going well. * d" r: l0 X+ _- T6 ~  T

2 G* s3 l$ k4 H$ H9 L* c; MThis is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while. " H/ W7 A2 X+ J

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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:% G% E4 Y' j, |6 _

# m3 m. E! b1 m4 |  HNothing 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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This is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common." z0 f* m5 }. t" B7 Z& |
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Nothing.8 M7 h# C9 `3 F! g0 N2 o7 P+ q- N

% @5 Q# [1 o6 d+ L( Q. rThis is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.- p2 O$ V! n2 k' M5 A
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Oh, just the usual.- T: Q: K+ C; l: v, J, F7 {

6 U  |9 ^/ i* n6 Y* y  }# W5 hAnswer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.
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% g2 o& T- J  b; r1 D; J* rJust the same old same old.
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9 q( v! E* I8 K" u0 tThis phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.
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Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!  c3 R1 x; V8 k# g' H/ B6 ?
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You can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.
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2 x8 o  @" Z- Y2 R' k4 ZWhat's happening?2 s: G. L9 `% a
This question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.6 P. o, i& ?$ n5 e( n$ V  Z

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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$ K* j2 H1 Q# C" 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”

9 W/ Z+ P1 A) n' r) G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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