Dominik  +  331854 Wed, 21 Feb 07 08:00 PM I know what  "How do you do?" means but I am surprised by this exercise from "Basic Survival" (AmE). This is the whole exercise with all possible answers. I matched these sentences and that is it what came out. Match the sentences: Greeting   Response Hello   ~Hello How do you do?    ~Fine, thanks. And you? Please call me Tom.   ~OK... Tom. Welcome to Smith Imc.  ~I'm glad to be here. So you are the director?   ~ That's right. Please sit down.   ~Thank you. So, can we say in response to How do you do? ~`Fine, thanks and you ??? Or, meybe it is a typo :/ Thanks! Dominik Joined on Thu, Jun 1 2006 Poland Regular Member 579 "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." - St. Francis of...

	Clive  +  331906 Wed, 21 Feb 07 10:48 PM Hi, So, can we say in response to How do you do? ~`Fine, thanks and you ??? Definitely not. Just reply with 'How do you do?' Perhaps the writer of the exercise was thinking of the greeting 'How are you?' For this, ~`Fine, thanks and you? is OK. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,578 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Dominik  +  331921 Wed, 21 Feb 07 11:06 PM Hi Clive, thanks for the reply. I know that How are you? in this context is ok. I don't like the book more and more.  To many typos Regards Dominik Dominik

	Grammar Geek  +  333240 Mon, 26 Feb 07 04:59 AM Also, if someone says "Please call me Tom," the expected resonse is something like "Okay Tom. And please call me Dominik." If one person asks you to call him by his first name but you don't respond in kind, at least in the U.S., that could be awkward. Do you expect to call him Tom while he calls you Mr. Smith? Again, in the U.S., very few people use Mr. or Ms. at work. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,651 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Dominik  +  333278 Mon, 26 Feb 07 09:45 AM Hi, Barbara, I agree with you. It looks like, the book is half-baked. I hope you don't mind calling you Barbara. Regards, Dominik Dominik Regards

	Grammar Geek  +  333360 Mon, 26 Feb 07 03:28 PM Of course not! Though my preferred form of address is "Hello Barbara. May I buy you a beer?" () Grammar Geek