: From some I received enthusiastic hellos followed by several minutes of amusing conversation, from others I recieved simple hellos and how are you's followed by a smile, yet from many there were no responses at all, but from one there was a gesture. Writing in this way is informal. There is no formal and standard way to write things like how are you's, or even hello's.
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