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I was taught by Americans acquaintances or friends about basic do's-and-don't when I arrived in the US. All small greetings ("How are you?", "What's up?", "What’s going on?"...) or expressions that don't require an full answer or just have a predetermined answer, like "Good / fine, what about you?" or "I am fine, ...
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In my personal experience, what you've outlined in your question (either say "hi" and keep moving, or stop, chat a bit, and say "goodbye") is exactly right. It's fine to keep moving if you don't have time to chat, in which case it would be odd to say "hi bye". But you don't start a conversation of any length, and then just walk ...
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