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Non Native speaker here: Has there been a recent change regarding good/well? e.g. in youtube videos about construction I hear it all the time: "works good", "ru
by atesti 4y ago
Non Native speaker here: Has there been a recent change regarding good/well? e.g. in youtube videos about construction I hear it all the time: "works good", "runs good". Is it cool now to make this mistake?
- DoreenMichele 4y agoNo. It's always acceptable, though, to play with words, be ironic, make in jokes, etc.
- Mordisquitos 4y agoIt may be related to a contrast between American English an British English. American English speakers will often use adjectives in place of adverbs when speaking colloquially, e.g. "That tastes real nice" instead of "That tastes really nice". The same is the case with "good" and "well". This does not usually happen in British English, other than by modern American cultural influence.
- ahartmetz 4y agoWhat about "good paying job"? I have seen that several times now, is it some kind of fixed expression?
- cudgy 4y agoGood modifies the noun job, so it is correctly used as an adjective in this case.
- jacknews 4y agoIf it's 'a good-paying job', a job that pays a lot, but might not be good, it is wrong, it should be 'a well-paid job'. If it's 'a good, paying, job', as in a good job, one that pays, it's correct. Sometimes grammar is the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.
- jacknews 4y agoI don't know if it's cool or not, but it is ungrammatical (LOL); 'good' is an adjective, 'well' is the adverb. And also a state of health. I'm always tempted, when someone answers my "How are you?" with "I'm good", to ask what it is they're good at, or if it's because they go to church every day, help old ladies across the road, etc.
- urthor 4y agoAbsolutely not. The author is being ironic. Stick to "runs well."