There are a number of phrases that are commonly used to introduce strangers.<\/p>\n
When you are introduced to somebody, you usually say How do you do?<\/em><\/strong> Americans often say How are you?<\/em><\/strong> This is formal. In an informal style you can say Hello or Hi.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Note that How do you do?<\/strong> is not a question, and the normal reply is How do you do?<\/strong> People who are introduced often shake hands.<\/p>\n You may introduce yourself saying My name is \u2026 or I am \u2026<\/p>\n Here is a short introductory conversation:<\/p>\n John (to Peter): Peter, I’d like you to meet Mary. When somebody is introduced to you, it is also common to greet that person with It’s a pleasure to meet you or Pleased to meet you.<\/p>\n John: Peter, I’d like you to meet Mary. John: Peter, I’d like you to meet Mary. In informal situations, introductions are often made simply saying: This is (name). It is also common to just say Hi or Hello as a response in this informal setting.<\/p>\n John: Peter, this is Mary. There are a number of phrases that are commonly used to introduce strangers. Anne, do you know Mary? (introducing Mary to Anne.) Mary, this is my friend Anne. (introducing Anne to Mary.) John, I...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[189,5,1844],"class_list":["post-72956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-english-speaking","tag-english-speaking-lessons","tag-spoken-english-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72957,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72956\/revisions\/72957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Example conversation<\/h3>\n
\nPeter (to Mary): How do you do?
\nMary (to Peter): How do you do.
\nJohn (to Peter): Mary is my cousin.<\/p>\n
\nPeter (to Mary): It’s a pleasure to meet you.
\nMary (to Peter): How do you do.
\nJohn: Mary is my cousin.<\/p>\n
\nPeter (to Mary): How do you do?
\nMary (to Peter): Pleased to meet you.
\nJohn: Mary is my cousin.<\/p>\n
\nPeter: How do you do?
\nMary: Pleased to meet you.
\nJohn: Mary is my cousin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"