{"id":1803,"date":"2017-01-30T16:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2017-01-30T16:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:16:05","slug":"how-to-greet-people-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/how-to-greet-people-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"How to greet people in English?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When meeting people<\/strong><\/p>\n

When meeting people, we usually say an expression like Good morning\/Good afternoon\/Good evening. This is relatively formal. In a very informal style, we can say Hello or Hi.<\/p>\n

When we meet people, we often greet them by shaking hands and saying \u2018How do you do?\u2019 or \u2018Nice to meet you.\u2019<\/p>\n

Good morning Gauri. How are you?<\/p>\n

Hello Manu. How are things with you?<\/p>\n

Note that we do not usually shake hands with our close friends or family members. We greet them by just saying \u2018hello\u2019 or \u2018hi\u2019.<\/p>\n

When we meet people we know, we politely ask about their health or general well being.<\/p>\n

Common expressions are:<\/p>\n

How\u2019re you?<\/p>\n

How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n

How\u2019re you doing?<\/p>\n

How\u2019re things?<\/span><\/p>\n

How\u2019s things? (very informal)<\/p>\n

Formal answers are:<\/p>\n

Fine, thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Very well, thank you. And you?<\/p>\n

Informal answers are:<\/p>\n

OK.<\/p>\n

Fine, thanks.<\/p>\n

Great, thanks.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m good, thank you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m alright.<\/p>\n

Not too bad.<\/p>\n

When leaving people<\/p>\n

When leaving people we can use an expression like Good morning\/Good afternoon\/Good evening\/Good night.<\/strong> Note that Good night<\/strong> is not used to greet \u00a0people when you meet them. Its meaning is similar to Good bye.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a less formal style, we can also say:<\/p>\n

Good bye.<\/p>\n

Bye.<\/p>\n

See you.<\/p>\n

See you later.\/ See you tomorrow. \/ See you next week. \/ See you soon.<\/p>\n

Take care.<\/p>\n

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