how is you vs how about you

These two phrases are not comparable as they have different meanings and contexts. 'How about you?' is a common and correct way to ask someone for their opinion or response after they have asked you a question. On the other hand, 'how is you' is not a correct or commonly used phrase in English.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 989 views

'How is you' is not a correct or commonly used phrase in English.

"how is you"

This phrase is incorrect in English. The correct form would be 'How are you?' to ask about someone's well-being.

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J. Redbone, how is you?
How is you lost luggage more important than our lost business?
How is you asking me every 15 minutes about Callie job-related?
How is you doing that helping me?
How is you doing that helping me?
How is you view on women?
How is you hiring thugs to Rob and murder people...
How is you compromising yourself For my crazy any different than you doing it for hers?
How is you dating Dylan a smart move for both of us? Liam, I'm not dating him.
You see how pleased Horace is you called.
What I like know is how you do.
Posting is how you interact with people.
And this is how you is the damage it causes.
I wonder how it is you show your faces here.
Iverson: To me, how you look is how you play.
What matters is how everything effects you.
Your logo is how people know you.
How is it you sing Anything?
How is it you've been around three years...
How is it you're always kissing?

Alternatives:

How are you?
How are you doing?
How are you feeling?
How are you today?
How have you been?

'How about you?' is a common and correct way to ask someone for their opinion or response after they have asked you a question.

"how about you"

'How about you?' is used to inquire about the other person's thoughts, feelings, or situation after they have asked a similar question to you.

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Dan, how about you let these people go.
Now how about you give me the knife?
As for you, Mr. Stilinski, how about you come back with payment in full.
Now how about you let us do ours.
Say, how about you handling the trial work for us?
Say, how about you for a judge, Gentry?
Meantime, how about you getting some sleep?
Then how about you buy one of my comics, man?
Okay, so how about you stand there and do this...
So how about you drop me off Somewhere inside.
But how about you show a little love and have me slip inside those jeans?
Bill, how about you give us the room?
So how about you say yes and we all go home?
Goodfellow, how about you do another sweep of the house?
Okay, how about you start with something like this:
Now how about you do me a favor also and put that weapon on the ground.
So how about you give us something real...
So, how about you try me?
It seems that you are lucky how about you say.
Now, how about you be a nice little nurse and go find my doctor.

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