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[lemah]

Hello everybody:)

I am new here. How are you?

My question is actually about the "how are you" expression. I am currently in Australia and I have observed the following dialogs being popular:

A. How are you?
B. Good, fine etc. and ----> yourself?

My concern is about the word 'yourself'. Before I was taught that I should re- ask- and you? not yourself?

That ' yourself' seems a bit incorrect, altghough I know that it must be proper English. Does it fuction in American English as well?

[bud]

Hi Lemah,

Yes, it's also very common in the United States. I don't know whether or not grammar teachers like it, but it's used often in casual speech.

Welcome to the forum!

[lemah]

Thanks, bud.