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How are you? vs How is it going?

Both 'How are you?' and 'How is it going?' are common ways to greet someone and ask about their well-being. 'How are you?' is a more traditional and formal greeting, while 'How is it going?' is a more casual and informal way to inquire about someone's current situation. Both phrases are correct and widely used in English.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 751 views

How are you?

This phrase is correct and commonly used to inquire about someone's well-being.

This is a traditional and formal way to ask someone how they are feeling or what is happening in their life.

Examples:

  • How are you feeling today?
  • How are you doing?
  • How are you coping with the situation?
  • How are you, my friend?
  • How are you holding up?

Alternatives:

  • How are you doing?
  • How are you feeling?
  • How have you been?
  • How's everything?
  • How's life treating you?

How is it going?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal situations to ask about someone's current situation.

This is a casual and informal way to inquire about how things are progressing or how someone is doing.

Examples:

  • Hey, how is it going?
  • How is it going with your new job?
  • How is it going with your studies?
  • How is it going with the project?
  • How is it going with your family?
  • And when I went in to Pope John Paul II for the first time, he gripped me with his strong hand and said: «Well? How is it going?»
  • Jackie boy, how is it going?
  • How important is the Italian market for you and how is it going?
  • Chai, how is it going?
  • Patrick, how is it going?
  • How is it going?
  • After a few fitting words Don Achille asked: "And at the office, how is it going?"
  • How is it going?
  • How is it going?
  • How is it going?
  • Man Si, how is it going?
  • So, how is it going?
  • Well, how is it going?
  • Well, how is it going?
  • Then, how is it going?
  • Agent Pearce, how is it going?
  • Cheng, how is it going?
  • So how is it going?
  • Yes, how is it going?
  • And how is it going?

Alternatives:

  • How are things?
  • How's everything?
  • How's life?
  • How's your day?
  • How's your week?

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