May 31st, 2006, 03:38 am
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| eslHQ Member | | Join Date: May 22nd, 2006
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 Re: I'm fine, thank you.
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Quote michèle 2 I've just been to a barbecue at English friends' ( Last Saturday) and I'm fine or I'm very well was the usual response to the question : How are you? . I was taught this same response when I was young and I still teach it to my students. But I give them other alternatives like : " I'm great or things you can hear in movies or films!
Michèle | Michele, are you an native speaker? Did anyone ever teach you the difference between polite, dismissive small talk and the truth we say to friends? |
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