I am your biggest fan! I'm starting a fan club because you speak English so good. . . . or is it well? No wait, good, right? I think . . .
Dangit! Now I forgot my question.
You're 4ever Fan!
Johnny B. Good
Dear Mr. Good,
I'm honored. Truly I am. And that's a very good question you didn't ask.
That reminds me of a story I never told. About a good well that welled water well. So well, in fact, that the welled water tasted really good. Gooder . . . er . . . I mean better than water that wasn't from a good well. And well, that good well sold well when they put it up for auction because the welled water was so good. The owner made a good profit.
Is that as clear as mud? . . . Get it?!!! Mud?! Water?!! Cause the water in the ground would make mud?!!! Oh, I do crack me up.
Alas, for real help, I must defer to Grammar Girl again. She explains this concept well. And what with the explanations of linking verbs vs. action verbs . . . well, suffice it to say, you have it on good authority that it is okay to say "I'm good" when someone asks you how you're doing. You do not, however, have my permission to say "you speak good." Ever. And I mean that.
Most sincerely,
The Grammar Nazi
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I never got ahold of the well/good debate until I took a Spanish class (which is more of a bien/bueno debate). Now, it bugs me if someone uses 'good' when they should use 'well', even though most grammar things don't bother me that much. :)
I'm having this battle with my kids on a daily basis now. All I can do is correct them and hope it eventually sticks.
Lol, a language called 'Good'.
*cracking up here*
Like, seriously. You write real good. Now their's a great post!
Hehe.
(sorry couldn't resist)
what a crack-up!
:)
This reminds me, once a missionary over for dinner complimented Zach on his correct usage of well and good.
Zach was like ???? (he's 5)
It's true though, he uses them correctly, which is funny, because I've never said a word to him about it.
Thanks for clearing that up? You did a good(?) job!
LOL. YOU crack ME up! ahahaha, you did good ;)
Haha. I thought you did well to be so good. :)
I love your humor-filled approach to what can be a yawn. Thanks for making grammar fun!
Ha! Love it. I've been working with my four year old on this issue.
It's funny because I think sometimes English as a second language speakers have an easier time learning grammar rules of English--I think primarily because they don't have to "unlearn" lazy ways of speaking that they learned before they went to school. It's the only explanation for why I--who learned Spanish first--often scored so much higher on grammar tests than my English-as-a-first-language speaking peers. They learned me good ;)
I'm so much better at this good thing. I still say it, but I correct myself immediately!
Had me laughing the whole time. Loved it. Not often I can claim to have found a swell good well story being shared between a Nazi and Mr. Good.
The paragraph about a good well that wells water well is so hilarious, so clever. :)
hahaha...I was going to make a joke, but it looks like they've already been made. that's what you get when you're late to the party! I'm about 75% accurate with this particular grammar hurdle.
What a creative post! Loved it!!
I don't know what happened that I wasn't following you before now. I'm so sorry for the delay but I'm now your newest follower!
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