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Halildurak
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GOOD-WELL
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How are you?
I am very well .
Can we say " I am very good." |
4 Jan 2012
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ueslteacher
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Good is often used as an adverb especially in AmEng Sophia |
4 Jan 2012
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anitarobi
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HI, Halil! You can say it, but it has a different meaning. I am very good= I am a very good person.(kind) I am very well= I �m feeling well or I �m doing OK. |
4 Jan 2012
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ueslteacher
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I beg to differ, Anita, as far as I know in AmEng it IS used in the same sense. E.g. - How are you? - Oh, I �m good. (meaning "I �m fine") It is an informal way of speaking though. Sophia |
4 Jan 2012
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juliag
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HI
As a British person I would use "I �m very good" to mean "I �m very well" as well as to mean "I �m a good person" so I think it �s fine.
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4 Jan 2012
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anitarobi
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@Sophia - agreed - informally, it �s fine. |
4 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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Anita and Sophia, You �re both right. We might say "I �m good" in response to a question of "How are you", but not otherwise (if we mean our health). However, we wouldn �t say "I �m very good" about health. "I �m feeling very good" would be used, though. Bruce |
4 Jan 2012
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cunliffe
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Only really cool English people say �I �m good �, �cos it is an Americanism. It should be �I �m OK �, or �I �m fine, thanks �.
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4 Jan 2012
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