HOW'S YOUR FAMILY DOING?

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Stevenukd

#540804 Sun, 13 Jul 08 05:18 PM

Dear Teachers,

1. How's your family doing?
2. Is everybody in your family doing ok?

- Can I use these to ask about someone's family's health? and are these natural?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.

Stevenukd

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Mr Wordy

#540830 Sun, 13 Jul 08 06:20 PM

The sentences are fine. (Some people might be comfortable with "ok", but I would always write it as "OK".)

They don't specifically ask about the family's health, but health is included in the general notion of "doing".

To specifically ask about health you would say something like "Is/are your family well?"

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Marius Hancu

#540836 Sun, 13 Jul 08 06:28 PM

Right, well, because you can have:

1. How's your family doing financially? (kind of nosy, but ...)

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