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- Difference between How are you? and How are you doing?
How are you guys doing here? (Waitress addressing customers : Is everything all right?) DO is a process verb: you can proceed through an action, that is perform an action (do one's duty, do one's homework, do the dishes), or you can proceed through an appreciation, as in "The firm doing great" You can even "do time" if you go to prison
- idioms - What do you mean when you ask How are you? - English . . .
Joe, how are you? Nate, how are you doing? or Joe how are you? Nate, good to see you If you want to respond to "how are you" by telling about your condition, you can, but it needs to be a very short response Joe, how are you? Not bad, how about you? Oh, you know Sick of all this snow or Joe, how are you? Doin' great I closed the Smith
- Is the question greeting Howre you going? correct usage?
The comments so far make it pretty clear that we're dealing with a difference between U S and Australian usage Living in the U S , I hear "How're you doing?" and "How's it going?" often, and I don't recall ever hearing "How're you going?" I wonder what the common usage is in the rest of the English-speaking world –
- Proper polite response to How are you doing? [duplicate]
The greeting 'How are you?' and its variants ('How are you doing?', 'What's up?', etc) sorta mean something and sorta don't The best response is somewhat empty, 'good' or 'fine' or 'OK', and to reciprocate expecting the same or similar One can be clever and add depth, but to actually respond literally is often not expected
- Do you really answer How do you do? with How do you do?
"How are you doing?" is now much more common, and would typically be answered with a neutral response and a similar question back - e g "I'm fine thanks, and how are you?" I would consider it mildly impolite not to answer the question at all, but you can answer any way you like - it's meant to be taken as a genuine question
- expressions - Is there any difference between What are you doing here . . .
If the guy doing the pitching was angry with someone and picked up the nearest item to throw at him or her, you could then say, "He pitched his running shoes at Teddy (or Suzy) " In short, the word out opens up the context a bit by giving the sentence a little more information
- word choice - Is it right to ask how are you all doing? - English . . .
If someone asks you "How y'all doin'?" and there's no one but the two of you in the conversation, then you can say "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" if you want to be perfectly polite and a bit didactic, "Fine, thanks, and you?" if you want to be a bit on the friendly side, and "Jes' like a goober in uh bottle uh Coke! How're y'all doin', Jethro?"
- Hi! How is doing? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books
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