Expression "do you good"

[Stefan]

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", question 5

I've tried those tablets and they haven't done me any ..........

(a) benefit
(b) good
(c) better
(d) best

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", answer 5

I've tried those tablets and they haven't done me any good.

Correct answer: (b) good
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Please can you explain me why better makes no sense.

Thank you
Stefan

[Alan]

The expression do you good means brings you some benefit If you want to use make then it would have to be make me (feel) better.
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[Adriana]

And what's the difference between "BENEFIT" and "GOOD"???
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Alex Anna]

I think that u can say "bring me some benefit" or "do me good" but not "do me benefit". Because "do me benefit" is an expression, so u have to accept it or learn it by heart. Did I understand right?

[Canadian45]

Alex Anna
You are right. We don't say "do me benefit" but we can say "(give) (bring) me benefit".

The simplest correct ways to use the two words are "do me good" and "benefit me".
Of course, they can be modified to say things like "do me (no) (some) (a lot of) good" and "benefit me (some) (a lot) (tremendously)".

[Seanmen]

is there such an expression "do sb. bad"?

BTW, is the sentence above correct? I mean if my question is grammatically correct?

[Alan]

Hi,

Interesting point. I don't know of the use of 'do me bad'. To me the nearest expression suggesting that somebody rather than something is causing me harm is the expression 'do me wrong'.

Alan
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[Seanmen]

Thanks for that.

Another question is, if I want to ask someone the reason why he did not do something, should I say "why didn't you do...?" or "why you didn't do ...?"

[Torsten]

Hi Seanmen,

Yes you would say:
Mike, why didn't you do your homework? or
Why didn't you call me?
Why didn't you help me?
Why didn't you pay that bill?

TOEFL listening lectures: A lecture from a life sciences class (4)

[Seanmen]

ok, thank you!

[Kk]

I've tried those tablets and they haven't done me any ..........

(a) benefit
(b) good
(c) better
(d) best
can u please tell me why it is 'good' in the blank instead of 'benefit' in the blank?

[Mango]

I think when we talk about the health, we use the word "good"

[Torsten]

[Amalmusica]

so do me good is the correct usage right?
and bring me benefit is for the word benefit..
uhmm well..
thank you for the correction

[Kitosdad]

Amal, hello again.

You have it slightly wrong. You would say, " They bring me some benefit."

Kitos.
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