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good vs well #1 (permalink) Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:25 am   good vs well
 

How is it to say: "I feel good" instead of "I feel well". If both are correct, is there any difference in meaning?

Can we ever interchange good (an adj.) with well (an adv. or sometimes an adj.)? If possible, please provide such examples.
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good vs well #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:31 am   good vs well
 

If you feel good, you feel awesome, upbeat, alive, like everything is great about your life.
If you feel well, you're merely not sick.
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good vs well #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:57 am   good vs well
 

"I feel good" can refer to health or mood.

"I feel well" refers to health.

One style warning is to avoid the latter due to potential confusion with one's sense of touch. I tend to think that is very rare.

This might be the only other time they could be swapped:

You look good.
You look well.


These can mean the same thing, but they certainly don't have to.
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