Answer to "How is it going"

When I am asked "How it is going?", can I answer it, "I'm fine?" Or, shoud I say "It's fine?"

eg
Q - How's it going? (Note the inversion)
A -Fine/OK/Not bad. You?

Clive

Could you give me a bit clearer answer?
I'd like to know whether I can answer the question by changing the subject, 'it' to 'you.'

lucas21cI'd like to know whether I can answer the question by changing the subject, 'it' to 'you.'

You mean like this:

How is it going?
You are going fine.

No, of course you can't do that. If you repeat the subject, it has to be the same subject.

It is goi

What CalifJim said is almost what I mean.
However, my exact question is like this.

A: How is it going (with you)?
B: I'm fine. And you? (Not "You are going fine")

How is this conversation? Can't I answer "I'm fine" to the question, "How is it going?" I had thought it was right and natural until a native Englis

lucas21cCan't I answer "I'm fine" to the question, "How is it going?"

Yes, that's OK too.

CJ

Can't I answer "I'm fine" to the question, "How is it going?"

It depends on the context.

In most cases, 'How's it going?' is really just a formulaic way of saying 'Hello', and the speaker expects only the same formulaic answer from you.

In a c

Say 'I'm fine.'

is it ok if i reply "not much" to "hows it going?"

I am fine