"How are you?"
"I am well."
Can one be an adverb? If 'well' is the adverb and 'good' is the adjective.
“I am good.”
"How are you doing?"
"I am doing good." IF the 'good' in this sentence is an adjective, then it is clearly wrong. It if is a noun, then grammatically it is correct, but semantically makes no sense unless the question was "What are you doing?"
Opinions?
2007-09-12 03:04:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
D*** but I need some medication for my ADHD...
2007-09-12 03:23:21 · update #1
Keen observation...
Normally "good" is an adjective, & "well" is used as an adverb; however, "well" also has an additional meaning having to do with one's good state of health (definition #11 in the link below). That is why "well" is the proper answer for "How are you?"
The use I don't get is "that is all well and good"!
2007-09-12 03:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Phoebe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the ways you are using the words "well" and "good," good is an adjective, and you use it correctly when you say "I am good" IF you mean your behavior rather than your health... you could build on that and say "I am a good person." That is what is meant by "I am good."
If the question is "What are you doing?" you should elaborate beyond "I am good" or "I am doing good..." The sentence should include the 'good' that you are doing, for example: "I am doing a good deed for my neighbor."
When you say "I am well," the word well is an adverb, built upon the verb 'am'; you could also build on that sentence and say "I am doing well." But you can't go much beyond that the way you could with the word "good"... adjectives can often be tacked on in more places than adverbs!
Even if my explaining seems to muddy the waters, I believe they will clear shortly. I just want to thank you for going into this "good vs. well" business, because there is a bad habit people now have of using the word "good" when they should use the word "well"! Good question and a star. Thanks...
2007-09-12 03:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by LK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only after they get up to flight speed. If you make a loud noise, an entire flock of birds will leave the ground at once in a mass. After they get going, they avoid the turbulence and head winds by lining up on the air wave that is created by the wing pressure of the bird in front fo them. The birds are essentially "surfing" on an air wave. Birds that stay in big flocks and have to migrate are better at this, like geese, and seagulls. Other birds, like robins and hummingbirds, don't do this behavior.
2016-03-13 03:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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thankyou has it mostly correct. there's a small spiral eddy off the end of each wing, and the following bird tries to fly in the location where the air in that eddy is rising. the reason that small birds don't do it is that their eddy is not large enough to be of significant use. you only see large, mostly water, birds do that. also, it's not just during migration. pelicans do it when flying as a group -- even if it's just returning home at the end of the day.
2016-04-04 04:37:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Well" is an adverb. Technically, you should say "I am well," but even though "good" is an adjective and technically incorrect, it's used in informal speech. I tend to answer, "Well, thanks, and you?" to this question because most of my friends are college educated and use correct speech. However, no one will hang you if you use colloquial speech in the proper context.
2007-09-12 03:10:03 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Well" is an adverb. Adverbs modify verbs and adjectives. "Good" is an adjective. Adjectives modify nouns.
You are correct in your post.
2007-09-12 03:10:39 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the use to which they are put and on the context.
Instances:
to be well, to feel well (health-wise)
well? (enquiry: so?)
well well ! (surprise: what have we here?)
well now! (expectation: whatever next?)
well planned. (quality of performance)
doing well (in business)
" " (recovering from an illness)
to be or do good (in the ethical or moral sense)
a good part of (considerable, quantity or volume )
that was good. (pleasant, enjoyable)
good on you. (I am glad for you)
good that you said that (was useful, convenient)
Well? Is that good enough?
2007-09-12 03:48:45 · answer #7 · answered by shades of Bruno 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find the answer "I'm good" to be a bit jarring--it's as though the person is bragging about being a good little girl. Of course, "I'm well" could be taken as not being ill, and "I am doing good" as being a do-gooder--"How are you?" is a bit trite, anyway.
2007-09-12 04:45:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Of Well And Good
2016-11-07 05:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by mcfee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I am good" as a response to the question "how are you" is an Americanism - it isn't grammatically correct. As others have pointed out, it should be "I am well".
2007-09-12 03:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by SLF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋