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How are you? Sat Dec 31, 2005 20:05 pm  How are you?
 

englishfan wrote:
Uwe, so you mean we should replace how with what and then we get a new question? Then instead of How do you do you get What do you do. Now we have three questions:
How are you?
What do you do?
How do you do?
OK, as has been established the third one isn't really a question but just a phrase. However, I must admit I haven't heard it so often. Here in Canada most people would simply say Hey, how are you?

Let me just point out that 'What do you do?' on its own means 'What's your occupation/profession', i.e. present simple for a repeated or usual action.

It is often mixed up with 'What are you doing' (at the moment/next weekend, etc.) i.e. present continuous for things happening now or in the near future.

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How are you? How do you do? Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:34 am  How are you? How do you do?
 

"How do you do?" is very seldom said in the US, and so if you said to an American, "How do you do?" he would probably answer, "Fine. How are you?" When I tell classes of American students that in Britain the answer to, "How do you do?" is, "How do you do?" They're very surprised.

If you watch old westerns or talk to some Americans, you'll hear the greeting, "Howdy!" It just means "hi", but it comes from, "How do you do?" When we're being funny or talking to children, we may lengthen "howdy" to "howdy-doody".
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