Learn English – Usage of question: How does it look like from your side

word-usage

How does it look like from your side?

It is often used at communication with customer when asking how they are or how it looks like/what they think, if they already finished etc.

For example:

I have finished maintaining the data. How does it look like from your side?

Is this word "side" the correct one? Shouldn't I use:

How does it look like from your part/point?

Best Answer

Barmar's comment is correct:

It's essentially a metaphor, treating each participant in the conversation as being on different sides of a wall or window.

I picture something like this:

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Obviously people one side can't see at all from the other side, just like how a remote maintainer can't see what's going on on the client's computer.

Your other options sound weird to me:

  1. *How does it look from your part?

(1) doesn't scan, although I could probably figure it out from context.

  1. How does it look from your point?

Do you mean "point of view"? Otherwise this isn't colloquial English either.