What is the difference between well and good? In general, use well to describe an activity, good to describe a thing. When it is an activity being described, use well, as in He did well in the spelling bee. Well is an adverb in that instance, describing the verb. When it is a condition or a passive state being described, use good, as in Youre looking good tonight. Good is an adjective in this instance, describing the noun. With feel good/feel well, it is more complicated. In this case, the word well is being used an adjective meaning healthy - so it is ok to say, I feel well. You can say I feel good also, but it is more informal and is borderline slang. Do hyphenate well when it is placed with a past-participial verb before a noun, as in well-known fairy tale but not if it follows what it modifies, as That book was well researched.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 11:18:43 +0000
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