Casual ways to ask

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Right, let's get started with the lesson.

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So, let's start with casual alternatives to how are you.

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How are you, oh, I hate it so much.

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Number on is, how are you doing?

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How are you doing?

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And you would reply to this by saying,

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I'm going well, thanks.

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You might hear some people respond with,

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I'm doing good, but that's actually grammatically incorrect.

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When responding to a how are you style question,

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you do well or you are good.

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If I say I'm doing good, it could mean

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I am doing charity work or doing something positive.

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Number two, how have you been?

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How have you been?

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This is a very warm and friendly one.

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I really like it.

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Yeah, I've been great, thanks.

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Or, I've not been so good, actually.

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Three, this one's slightly more American,

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what's going on?

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Hey, what's going on?

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A very common answer to this is nothing much,

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no much at all.

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Number four, what's new, or even, what's new with you?

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This is more asking for updates

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or if anyone's been doing anything interesting

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in their life since you last saw them.

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You could say this to someone that you've seen recently

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and you just want a short update.

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Number five, I wonder if you've heard this one before,