If a guy asks about your day, does that mean he cares and likes you? In principle, it would suggest that he cares about you and may be genuinely wants to know how your day was. It does not mean that he is not just trolling you. You have to know the person to know his intentions in asking the question.

1. (To) give (someone) a hand / (To) lend (someone) a hand. This is another really common way to ask for help in English.
2. To help someone out. Help me out, help you out, help them out.
3. (To) help out. It can be with assistance or it can be with money.
4. (To) do (someone) a favour.
5. I could use some help.
6. I could use a hand.

1. Could / Would you do me a favour? Sometimes we want to be polite and ask someone if they are willing to help out in the first place.
2. Could I ask / bother / trouble you + infinitive?
3. Could you / Would you + base form of verb + please?
4. Could you + possibly + verb?
5. Would you mind + verb-ing?

Ways to Ask “How Are You”

1. How’s everything?
2. How’s it going?
3. How are things?
4. What’s up?
5. How are you doing?
6. What’s new?
7. You all right?
8. How have you been?

If someone asks you how you are doing, you can say: Just fine, thank you; I’m doing pretty good; Well, fine now, but I have had a bad cold; So, so.

“Hi, Boss, how are you?” If you are in a business situation, you might be saying hello to your boss or colleague, or meeting someone for the first time. You need to answer briefly, but in a positive way. “Great!” “I’m doing really well, thank you,” or “Fantastic!” are all good ways to answer.

Questions to Ask Instead of ‘How Was Your Day? ‘

• What was the best part of your day?
• Did anything surprise you today?
• Did you read/listen to anything interesting today?
• Did you take any photos today?
• How can I make your day easier in five minutes?
• What did you do that was just for you today?

10 other (informal) ways to say “How are you?” How are you doing? How have you been? How’s everything?

“How are you?” and “How are you doing?” are both fine. In informal situations, a lot of people will also say “How’s it going?” Hi Ricardo, The most common native expression for a greeting is “How are you?” “How you doing?” is slangy and pretty informal. In some contexts that is appropriate!

Both phrases are appropriate for work correspondence, but stick to “How are you?” in more formal settings. It’s also better to use “How are you?” when you don’t know the correspondent very well—it’s generic enough to be considered a polite (if rather meaningless) gesture.

It is always a question. The other version , “how you are doing” doesn’t stand as a sentence in its own right. It has to be part of a larger sentence. For example, “How you are doing that thing isn’t correct” or “ If you carry on doing it how you are doing it, you may get a surprise.” it isnt a question.

Is “how is it going” rude or informal? It’s both. It’s always informal, and in a formal setting it’s rude.

Stuff is one of the most common nouns in speaking. It is more informal than thing. It is not at all common in writing. Stuff is an uncountable noun.