Hi.in what ways do u answer how have you been?thx in advance
Fine, thanks.
Pretty good, thank you.
A bit busy, actually.
OK. Had a touch of the flu last week, though.
Terrible! My dog died and someone stole my car!
etc.
can we answer:nothing much?!
No. Being is not of a muchness.
what about nothing?
Nope. It makes no sense:
A: How are you?
B: (X) Nothing. (???!)
sorry but what about nothing new? when u say that someone stole my caris right ,so nothing new may make a sense!
The question is ‘How are you?’ / ‘How have you been?’
My answers were:
Fine…
Pretty good…
A bit busy…
OK…
Terrible!..
Do you see what is the same about those answers?