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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | English term or phrase: hope you are well | Hello,
I'm from Slovenia and I'm writting to my friend in England. He usually writes on the end of the e-mail ''Hope you are well''. I have no idea what does that mean and you does he use it , is it like an empty phrase? |
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| | English translation:"hope" not "how" | Explanation:
Not empty, but rather standard and bordering on cliche.
"Hope you are well" means exactly as it sounds. Perhaps it is a much shorter way of writing the traditional salutation of "I trust this letter finds you in good health."
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-10-20 16:19:13 GMT)
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Still, it is more common to start a letter with that. It is a bit unusual to put it at the end of the letter. |
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4 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +8 | when do you use ''how you are well'' "hope" not "how"
Explanation:
Not empty, but rather standard and bordering on cliche.
"Hope you are well" means exactly as it sounds. Perhaps it is a much shorter way of writing the traditional salutation of "I trust this letter finds you in good health."
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-10-20 16:19:13 GMT)
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Still, it is more common to start a letter with that. It is a bit unusual to put it at the end of the letter.
| Paul Lambert
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