--- title: Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A good handshake is firm but n --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Manners: greeting every worker, handsh… # Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners Lesson 323 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/1/) — A good handshake is firm but not hard, for about two or three shakes: a floppy hand seems unfriendly and a crushing one hurts. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/4/) — At the table, wait until everyone is seated and served before eating, unless the host says «Start», and wait until food is offered or ask politely. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/6/) — Example: a boy in Glasgow introduces his family at a school play: «This is my stepdad, Mark.» His teacher now knows exactly who Mark is. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/7/) — Every worker deserves the same respect, so greet a caretaker, cleaner or dinner lady as kindly as the head teacher. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/8/) — A good handshake is firm but not crushing and lasts about two or three shakes. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/11/) — «My other half» or «my partner» means someone's husband, wife or partner, and «hubby» is a friendly word for husband. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/12/) — Some children have two mums, two dads, or a mum with a girlfriend or a dad with a boyfriend; greet each grown-up the same polite way, «Hi, nice to meet you». - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/16/) — To ask a stranger, like a shop assistant, a question, start with «Excuse me». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/17/) — Wait until everyone is seated and served before eating, unless the host says to start. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/18/) — At someone else's table, wait until food is offered, or ask politely, instead of grabbing it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/19/) — Never stand chopsticks upright in rice; in some Asian cultures it looks like a funeral custom. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/20/) — It is polite to try chopsticks, and it is fine to ask for a fork. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/21/) — A boy in Canada shoved past people at a shop's door without saying excuse me; an old man lost his balance and fell, hurting his hip. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/22/) — A girl in Dublin spoke rudely to a bus driver; he still helped her when she got on the wrong bus, and she felt ashamed and said sorry. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/23/) — Pushing past people instead of saying «excuse me» can knock over older or unsteady people. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/24/) — Being polite costs nothing, and rudeness makes people less willing to help you. - ← previous: [Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/) - next →: [Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)