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 #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:20 pm Difference between good and well |
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Good is an adjective and well is an adverb. In the sentence you are referring to the adjective good is required because it describes the noun services.
The service of this company is very good. (adjective describing a noun)
They serve their customers very well. (adverb describing a verb)
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Mar 14, 2005 21:29 pm Well and good |
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| So, is "All is well" or "I hope everything is going well" incorrect? Should it be "I hope everything is going good" or "All is good" since it appears that the description is of the noun "All..." or "...everything..." as opposed to "...is..."? |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Mar 14, 2005 21:48 pm All is well |
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As you probably know the word well can be an adjective as well as an adverb. In some of the set phrases you are referencing well is used as an adverb and in others it functions as an adjective.
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Apr 03, 2006 18:18 pm Well as an adverb or adjective? |
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Actually, in those sentences, isn't the "Well" modifying the verb "is"?
In that case it would still be an adverb. So "I hope all is going well" would have "well" modifying "is going" so it's functioning as an adverb. |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Jun 02, 2011 20:46 pm Difference between good and well |
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| This sentence throws me off. Doesn't the high quality work suggest good service? Also, isn't "you pay WHEN the service is good" more natural than "you pay IF the service is good"? Why is IF a better choice in this case? |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Jun 02, 2011 21:21 pm Difference between good and well |
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I don't think 'when' is any more natural than 'if', though it is an alternative. Here 'if' is an option and 'when' isn't. If they were both an option then there would be two correct answers.
Just because the work is good doesn't mean the service is. You could have work of a very high quality as an end result, but there might have been delays which meant it wasn't ready when promised, for example.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Jun 02, 2011 21:28 pm Re: Well as an adverb or adjective? |
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| Anonymous wrote: | Actually, in those sentences, isn't the "Well" modifying the verb "is"?
In that case it would still be an adverb. So "I hope all is going well" would have "well" modifying "is going" so it's functioning as an adverb. |
As Torsten says, an adjective is needed here, so 'well' doesn't function as anything correctly in this context because the definitions of its use as an adjective do not fit the sentence (in good health; in a good state or position.)
However, this definition of the adjective 'good' fits perfectly:
of high quality or an acceptable standard.
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