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Greeting & Intro

This document defines and provides examples of common greetings. It separates greetings into three categories: common greetings, formal greetings, and informal greetings. Common greetings usually involve asking "how are you?" and should be followed by short, positive or neutral responses. Formal greetings are questions about how someone is doing or what is new or going on. Informal greetings can include exclamations like "yo!" or questions checking if someone is okay.

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Greeting & Intro

This document defines and provides examples of common greetings. It separates greetings into three categories: common greetings, formal greetings, and informal greetings. Common greetings usually involve asking "how are you?" and should be followed by short, positive or neutral responses. Formal greetings are questions about how someone is doing or what is new or going on. Informal greetings can include exclamations like "yo!" or questions checking if someone is okay.

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Greeting &

Introduction
Definition
COMMON GREETING
How are you? / How are you doing? / How is it going?
Most of the time we follow “hello” or “hi” with one of these questions.
Careful! These questions should have very simple answers and should be focused on
the positive or neutral. You should not answer with a list of everything you did
during the day nor should you provide a negative answer.
Example answers include:
• Fine, thanks. And you?
• Great! You?
• Hi, Susan – good thanks. How about you?
• Doing well. And how have you been?
• Not bad. And you? How are you?
• Hello, Lara. How are you?*
– *Yes, sometimes the answer is with the same question (remember – we have this same
situation in Business Professional greetings with How do you do?). This is often confusing the
first time you hear it or experience it. Remember – these questions can also be a greeting, not
a real question. This is commonly used when passing or walking by someone you know but
you have no time to talk.
Formal greeting
• Hey, Hey man, or Hi
• How’s it going? or How are you doing?
• What’s up?, What’s new?, or What’s going on?
• How’s everything ?, How are things?, or How’s life?
• How’s your day? or How’s your day going?
• Good to see you or Nice to see you
Informal greeting
• Yo!
• Are you OK?, You alright?, or Alright mate?
• Howdy!
• Sup? or Whazzup?
• G’day mate!
• Hiya!

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