GREETINGS

Greetings is customary or ritualized words or phrases used to introduce onself or to greet someone.

Greetings : - Formal
                  - Informal

Ø         - Formal Greetings
• Good Morning (until about lunch time, before 12 a.m)
• Good Afternoon (12-6 p.m)
• Good Evening (until about 9 p.m)
• Good Morning, Sir. Ma’am
Note: Do not use “Good day” excped in Australia

Ø        -  Informal Greetings
• Hi, Lizzy !
• Morning, Jim !
• Hello

Ø         - Initial Greetings
• How are you ? I’m fine thank you
• How’s it doing?
• How are doing?
• How’s life?

·         Responding to initial greeting :
- Very well, thank you and how are you?
- I’m good/okay/alright
- Oh, pretty good
- Not too bad, thank’s
- Fine, thank’s
- Excellent

·         Pre clossing :
- Ok Then
- I’ve got to go now
- So, I’ll see you next week
- I think I’d be going now?
- I must be going home !

·         Clossing / leave taking :
- Good bye (formal/informal)
- Bye-bye, bye; now. See you. Take care
- See you later … Fine
- See you soon … Ok
- See you tonight … All right

• Good night (after 8 p.m or retiring to bed)

Note: Do not use “Good evening” for leave taking use “Good night” Good bye John, and all the best (to someone who’s leaving for along time)