The more formal you get, the more likely it will become that ‘how’s’ (whether for ‘how does’ or ‘how is’) will be seen as unduly informal and not appropriate to the situation.

If "how's" is a contraction here, what words is it a contraction of? If "how's" is a possessive here, how might we restate the underlying idea to indicate the possessive aspect of how, without …

How's things is one; it's in a colloquial register, in my opinion - you wouldn't use it in a scientific paper, for instance. It's us is a similar 'wrong agreement' idiom, widely accepted in almost …

Dec 23, 2018 · How’s About An earlier question on this website notes that the Dictionary of American Slang dates even more informal how’s about to ca. 1925. This is far too late for it to …

Oct 29, 2019 · how's it going OED (b) colloquial. how's it going?: used to ask a person how he or she is getting on, or to enquire whether a particular project or event is proceeding well. Also …

Jun 4, 2016 · The first version listed ("How is it possible?") is the standard way of asking in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, etc. The second version ("How it is possible?") is …

Sep 28, 2022 · The specific form "how's tricks?" seems quite central to the idiomatic usage: an Elephind search for "how's tricks" produces 844 matches (including duplicates), a search for …

Jan 9, 2015 · When you ask "How's the weather?", again, you are technically not asking for a description, but its state or condition. For questions like these, the distinction between …

In England, "How do you do?" was until recently a commonplace greeting. The correct response was, "How do you do?" This may be what you're thinking of. Both "How are you?" and "How …

Jun 5, 2011 · When in doubt, a useful test involves substituting pronouns. Consider How is they? versus How are they? Say the wife and kid live in different places—maybe the latter is away at …