GREETINGS - Back to Basics / English Lessons / Learn British English

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greet someone you could purely and

simply say "Hello". Hello can be used in

any situation: informal or formal. Hello.

But what are some other formal greetings

we could use? If you're greeting them in

the morning you could say "good morning"

If you're greeting them after 12 o'clock

midday you could say "good afternoon" but

if it's after 6:00 p.m. then you would

say "good evening". Be aware that you would

only say "goodnight" when you are ending

the interaction and leaving. Goodnight.

I'm not going yet. If you're in a formal

situation and meeting someone for the

very first time you might say "It's a

pleasure to meet you", "it's very nice to

meet you", "I'm pleased to meet you". If

you've met this person before then you

might say "it's nice to see you again",

"it's a pleasure to see you again",

"I'm pleased to see you again". You may

have heard the phrase "how do you do?" but

this is very old-fashioned. How do you do?

How do you do? If in a formal situation

you want to make an inquiry into their

well-being then you may say "How have you

been?", "How are you?". Let's now look at an

informal situation. In an informal

situation with friends you could just

say "hey" or "hi". If you want to find out

how they are, then you may say "How's it

going?", "How's life?", "How are you doing?", "How

are things?", "What's happening?", "What's new?"

If you haven't seen the person for a

long time you may say "Long time no see".

You may just hear "Alright?", "You alright?"

or "Sup?" which is kind of slang for

what's up. Sup! So there you go, many

different ways to say "hello, how are you?"

in English let me know which greeting

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