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Actuaryalfred Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
How are you doing?
It's a question about culture more than English, maybe. In America, when a professor asks you how you are doing, then is it appropriate to ask him/her how he/she is doing after answering his/her questions?
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It should be all right to do so. /How are you doing? are mostly greetings in America.
- It should be all right to do so.
- /How are you doing?
- are mostly greetings in America.
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It should be all right to do so.
How are you?/How are you doing? are mostly greetings in America. The typical response is "Fine, how are you?"
How are you?/How are you doing? are mostly greetings in America. The typical response is "Fine, how are you?"
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Depends. when you say the tutor then goes on to ask you questions about your work, the initial query might not have 'How are you doing?' as in an informal greeting, but to mean 'How are you doing with your work, are you coping, any problems? let's talk about it.'
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