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miss noor
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Please Help me
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Hi,
I hope you are o �k
Please tell me what do you know about this expression :
How do you do ?
When is it used ? With who ?
Tell me please
I searched about it but I didn �t find anything.
Regards,
Noor |
17 Mar 2009
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alien boy
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Hi Noor!
from Swan:
When people are introduced, they usually say �How do you do?� (formal), �Hello�, or �Hi� (informal). Americans often say �How are you?� Note that �How do you do?� is not a question, and the normal reply is �How do you do?� (It does not mean the same, in British English, as �How are you?�) Another possible response is �Glad/ Pleased to meet you.�
Cheers,
AB
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17 Mar 2009
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mariajoaopt
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Hi, How do you do! you normally used in a formal way. and the answer is the some. The difference is: How are you! is the informal way, and the other is the formal. That�s it.
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17 Mar 2009
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eng789
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Very British and not used much. |
17 Mar 2009
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miss noor
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Thanks for ur replyng
I have to learn this expression to my students it is in their book
so, I want more information about it
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17 Mar 2009
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GIOVANNI
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We normally use �how do you do � when we meet someone for the first time. It is more formal. I would agree with Alien Boy. We are not asking a question, we are just saying pleased to meet you. When we meet the person for a second time we would normally say �how are you �? |
17 Mar 2009
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Tere-arg
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"How do you do?" is a formal greeting used only when you meet somebody for the first time -generally in formal introductions- and the reply should be the same: How do you do?, meaning something like "Pleased to meet you"
Although it is a question, there is no answer expected.
Anyway, it is not so frequently heard at present being replaced by "Nice/Pleased to meet you"
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17 Mar 2009
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