[Vocabulary] “Nice to meet you”,“Glad to meet you”,“Pleased to meet you”,“Delighted to meet you"

[Márcio Antony]

“Nice to meet you”,“Glad to meet you”,“Pleased to meet you”,“Delighted to meet you"

What a difference between “Nice to meet you”, “Glad to meet you”, “Pleased to meet you” and “Delighted to meet you”? When use them?

 

[SoothingDave]

Use them when you first meet someone. They are simple pleasantries, they all amount to the same thing. "Pleased to meet you" would be my choice.

 

[emsr2d2]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

You'll also hear "It's good to meet you". Like SoothingDave, I would use "Pleased to meet you". It seems to have replaced the outdated "How do you do?" (which was not reserved for the first time you meet someone).

Note that your questions should have been "What is the difference between ...?" or "What are the differences between ...?" and "When should I use them?" or "When do we use them?" - "When use them?" is not grammatical.

 

[Winwin2011]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

You'll also hear "It's good to meet you". Like SoothingDave, I would use "Pleased to meet you". It seems to have replaced the outdated "How do you do?" (which was not reserved for the first time you meet someone).

Note that your questions should have been "What is the difference between ...?" or "What are the differences between ...?" and "When should I use them?" or "When do we use them?" - "When use them?" is not grammatical.

I wonder if the following sentences are both correct.

1. What is the difference between software and hardware?
2. What are the differences between software and hardware?

 

[emsr2d2]

They are both correct.

 

[Roman55]

It seems to have replaced the outdated "How do you do?"

I am not a teacher.

I am not disputing the validity of this statement but it did surprise me a little. I haven't had much to do with English speakers (other than on this forum) for some 26 years and how do you do sounds pretty normal to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I didn't say it wasn't normal. I said it wasn't used as much as it used to be.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I should have expressed myself differently.

What I meant to say was, I didn't know that it was outdated.