[Idiom] sweet

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Will17

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Hello!

Can we say this: "You're sweet to ask how I am." ?

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Nightmare85

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Hmm, good question.
I would write it this way:
It's sweet that you ask how I am.

Let's see what the others will say.

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emsr2d2

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Hello!

Can we say this: "You're sweet to ask how I am." ?

Cheers
W


You can, and I've heard it before. However, I would be more likely to say "It's sweet of you to ask how I am".
 

Rover_KE

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Once again I was just about to suggest exactly the same as ems.

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Can we say this: "You're sweet to ask how I am." ?

Cheers
W

You could say that, but most people would say, "It's very nice of you to ask how I am."

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It's kind of. There's plenty to say
 
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