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    Hi
    if some one ask me how are you?
    I just say i am fine or cool or perfect or awesome please share me your experience, how many possible replies on that question.
    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by engr.yasir ali bhatti View Post
    Hi
    If someone ask me "How are you?", can I just say I am fine or cool or perfect or awesome? Please share me your experiences with me. How many possible replies are there to on that question?

    Thanks
    There are literally hundreds of possible answers to that question! I'm fine. I'm great. I'm terrible. I feel awful. I'm really tired. I'm OK. I'm alright. I feel like death. I feel amazing. Etc etc.

    More importantly, please see my amendments to your original post. You need to concentrate particularly on your use of capital letters at the beginning of every sentence, and to always capitalise the word "I".
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    I feel like death.... Thanks for the expression!
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    Mustn't grumble
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    I am not a teacher nor a native speaker.

    - Good as gold.
    - As good as it gets.

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    sir million of thanks
    sir I have many mistakes in punctuation How can I overcome? Please guide me

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    Quote Originally Posted by engr.yasir ali bhatti View Post
    sir million of thanks
    sir I have many mistakes in punctuation How can I overcome? Please guide me
    First of all, always remember to end your sentences with a punctuation mark. Every sentence must have one of the following symbols

    . ! ?

    (or some other symbols which are less common) at the end of it.

    Also, remember that the first letter of the first word in every sentence must be a capital letter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by engr.yasir ali bhatti View Post
    sir million of thanks
    sir I have many mistakes in punctuation How can I overcome? Please guide me
    I think this is a good place where you can learn written English grammar, all you need is just read and write. And pay attention to the statistics of the author's whose post you are reading (whether they a native speaker or not). However there are some people who carry very good English not being a native.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Verona_82 View Post
    I feel like death.... Thanks for the expression!
    We also use "I feel like death warmed up"!
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    1. I'm fine, thanks. You?
    2. I'm pretty good, thank you.
    3. Not bad, thanks.

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