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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
State or event
1. How do you?
2. How are you doing?
Do the two examples above express the state or an event?
2. How are you doing?
Do the two examples above express the state or an event?
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' is a formulaic greeting. ' is a more modern formulaic greeting. Some people feel no need to respond to it.
- ' is a formulaic greeting.
- ' is a more modern formulaic greeting.
- Some people feel no need to respond to it.
- Whether they are stative or dynamic is not really relevant when considering such formulaic expressions.
- ' is asked by someone's progress on a particular project, then it is dynamic.
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'How do you do?' is a formulaic greeting. The traditional response in BrE used to be 'How do you do?'
'How are you doing?' is a more modern formulaic greeting. Some people feel no need to respond to it.
Whether they are stative or dynamic is not really relevant when considering such formulaic expressions.
If 'How are you doing?' is asked by someone's progress on a particular
'How are you doing?' is a more modern formulaic greeting. Some people feel no need to respond to it.
Whether they are stative or dynamic is not really relevant when considering such formulaic expressions.
If 'How are you doing?' is asked by someone's progress on a particular
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roky0071How do you?This doesn't express anything. We don't use this.
roky0071How are you doing?If I had to classify it as a 'state' or an 'event', I'd say it's a state.
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roky0071How are you doing?If somebody asks me that question, my response, more often than not, is Fine. Is Being fine an action? Certainly not.
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