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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
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0Dear teachers,02br
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01font00How have you been up to?02font02br
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  1. 00What does "up to" mean?02li
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  2. 00Can I say "01font00What02font00 have you been up to" as well?02li
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00Thanks,02br
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01. 'been up to' is an informal way of saying 'been doing'. 02br 02br 002.

— Nona the brit

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  • 'been up to' is an informal way of saying 'been doing'.
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  • You should say What have you been up to.
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01. 'been up to' is an informal way of saying 'been doing'. 02br
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002. You should say What have you been up to. How is incorrect.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite102. You should say What have you been up to. How is incorrect.12blockquote
10And is 01i00"01b00How02b00 have you been doing?"02i00 correct? If this one is, then I find it strange that 01b00how02b00 is right with "been doin
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0How have you been doing? - This means how are you or how have you been getting on with something. It is a 'how' question.02br
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00What have you been doing? - this is asking what activities they have been undertaking. It is a 'what' question.0-
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10Dear teachers,12br
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11font10How have you been up to?12font12br
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    11li
  1. 10What does "up to" mean?12br
    11li
  2. 10Can I say "11font10What12font10 have you b
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0Thanks, Nona. I know the difference between 01i00How have you been doing?02i00 and 01i00What have you been doing?02i05000 I simply want to say that I think it strange that, if "been doing" may be replaced with "been up to" (in informal language) and if "been doing" may be used bith both "what" and "how" questions, "been up to" may correctly be us
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0 You might hear the greeting term, "What's up?" I think it is similar in its pragmatic implications to the question, "What have you been up to?". 0-
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0That's interesting. 02br
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00I used to think that "What's up?" meant "What's going on?" or "What's the matter?".02br
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00May it mean "What have you been up to?" too?0-
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0Hi Ruslana, 02br
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00It can mean all these things. It's usually a rather casual, vague and general kind of enquiry.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Thank you for the answer, Clive. 050010id1
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00I simply want to say that I think it strange that, if "been doing" may be replaced with "been up to" (in informal language) and if "been doing" may be used bith both "what" and "how" questions, "been up to" may correctly be used only with a "what" one.12blockquote
10 Even though the expression 01i00up to02i00 is i
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