Comments on: Good vs. Well https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/ GrammarBook.com Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1453529 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:06:29 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1453529 In reply to Lara.

As the post states, “Well is an adverb describing how the job was performed.” Use the adverb well to describe the verb play.

]]>
By: Lara https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1453245 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 02:33:53 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1453245 Please settle a debate. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a. He didn’t play as good as he usually does.
b. He didn’t play as well as he usually does.

]]>
By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1440061 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:07:01 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1440061 In reply to James Pruner.

“Taste” in this context is a linking verb that would take a predicate adjective. Since you are not using the verb taste actively, use the adjective good to describe the noun tomatoes.

]]>
By: James Pruner https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1439151 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:53:08 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1439151 Which of these sentences is correct?
Fresh tomatoes make the sauce taste well.
or
Fresh tomatoes make the sauce taste good.

]]>
By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1432978 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:19:11 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1432978 In reply to Zoia Eliseyeva.

In order for well to be regarded as an adverb with feel, we need to be feeling with our sense of touch. Our post How Are You—Good, Well, or Fine? says, “However, well can also serve as an adjective: “in good health; sound in body and mind” (He is a well man because of his exercise); “pleasing or good” (All is well with her); “fitting or gratifying” (I think it’s all the more well he didn’t join the debate); “in a satisfactory position; well-off” (He is well as he is).”

One of the dictionary definitions of the word well is an adjective meaning “in good health,” especially in reference to people when free of illness or injury.

]]>
By: Zoia Eliseyeva https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1431874 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:40:28 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1431874 I found a mistake in your explanation.
“I feel well.
Well is an adjective describing I.”

My correction:
“Well” is an adverb describing how you feel (your physical health condition). Adverbs describe verbs. manner of action. In this case it is not an exception of this rule.

]]>
By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1414990 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:33:55 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1414990 In reply to Forrest L Smith.

In American English we use well-intentioned as an idiomatic phrase that applies the noun “intention” as a verb otherwise properly expressed as “intend” (with the participial form “intended”). Dictionaries agree that it is hyphenated.

]]>
By: Forrest L Smith https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1414497 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:11:12 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1414497 What about the term “well intentioned” (or is it “well-intentioned”)? The intent is generally good, not well. Should the correct term then be good intentioned?

]]>
By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1406013 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:33:47 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1406013 In reply to GiulianasMom.

Use the adverb well to describe the verb doing. Also please see our post How Are You—Good, Well, or Fine?, which provides more discussion and helpful examples.

]]>
By: GiulianasMom https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/good-v-well/#comment-1405864 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:37:20 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=39#comment-1405864 What about when someone is using one of these in a phrase of encouragement? My daughter is 4, I’m from PA and have commonly heard the phrase “you’re doing so well” as a form of encouragement. Now that I’ve moved to MA I notice my daughter seems to be to “you’re doing so good!” That doesn’t sound grammatically correct and I want to teach her the proper way to say it. But what IS the proper way to say it?

]]>