Kaactus
New member
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2013
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- England
Dear teachers,
I hadn't heard from one of my friends (a native English speaker) for a while, so I composed an email last night asking "how are you doing" and received this:
How Are You Doing is a conventional - even polite - question in greeting, but I dislike giving perfunctory "fine" answers to it, because it feels dishonest to me..
Does it mean he's not fine? Or is it just an objective opinion that he doesn't usually want to give "fine" answers?
Looking forward to your answers. Thanks in advance.
I hadn't heard from one of my friends (a native English speaker) for a while, so I composed an email last night asking "how are you doing" and received this:
How Are You Doing is a conventional - even polite - question in greeting, but I dislike giving perfunctory "fine" answers to it, because it feels dishonest to me..
Does it mean he's not fine? Or is it just an objective opinion that he doesn't usually want to give "fine" answers?
Looking forward to your answers. Thanks in advance.