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Unprlld Posted 15 years ago
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I usually hear people asking\saying "How is you?"
Is it correct?
Is it correct?
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" When people say the "is" version they are probably being funny. A British comedy character called Ali G (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) was fond of substituting "is" for "are" etc. but he was doing it to pastiche a certain type of person.
- " When people say the "is" version they are probably being funny.
- A British comedy character called Ali G (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) was fond of substituting "is" for "are" etc.
- but he was doing it to pastiche a certain type of person.
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No - it is, "How are you?"
When people say the "is" version they are probably being funny. A British comedy character called Ali G (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) was fond of substituting "is" for "are" etc. but he was doing it to pastiche a certain type of person.
When people say the "is" version they are probably being funny. A British comedy character called Ali G (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) was fond of substituting "is" for "are" etc. but he was doing it to pastiche a certain type of person.
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