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Grammar and Linguistics > Please, I wonder if any of you could help me!
Please, I wonder if any of you could help me!
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Thalia Gralik
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Please, I wonder if any of you could help me!
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Hello dear friends, I do need some help here. Since an adverb is used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb, which of the following sentence is the correct grammatically? I do need to explain the reasons to 5th graders. -how are you? Very well, thanks. -how are you? Very good, thanks. ... I am bewildered with this issue. Thanks a lot for your help. Thalia Gralik |
31 Mar 2014
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yanogator
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Hey, Thalia, don �t forget that "well" is also an adjective that means "healthy".
Bruce |
31 Mar 2014
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Zora
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Both are correct because well can also mean good/healthy as Bruce has stated.
"To be" is actually a linking verb. It links the subject with it �s complement. You are not modifying the verb "to be" so it doesn �t need/use an adverb.
You wouldn �t say for example:
I am slowly. - with adverb
However, you would say:
I am slow. - with adjective
I find that substituting things often helps you come to an answer that makes sense. English grammar does follow the rules (most of the time). lol
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31 Mar 2014
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jannabanna
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Bruce is
right when we say: �I�m well� it means �I�m in good health�, but as a native
British speaker, I wouldn�t answer, �How are you?� with �Very good, thanks�. It just doesn�t sound correct to me.
I would
however use: �Very good.� if someone asked me what I thought of a dish, for
example: �What do you think of the
curry?� �Oh, it�s very good, thanks." Janet
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1 Apr 2014
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Jayho
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That�s so funny Janet - �cos that �s exactly how we say it down here at the bottom of the world. It just goes to show how different English can be from one native speaking country to another.
Cheers
Jayho |
1 Apr 2014
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joy2bill
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Many people answer "good � thanks" to the question but never "very good".
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1 Apr 2014
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Jayho
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It must be different then where you are Joy, because that is common here
Cheers
Jayho |
1 Apr 2014
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Peter Hardy
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In my part of Oz the answer to "How are you" can also be "Pretty good, thanks". Some jokers like myself may say "So far, so good, thanks" especially on Monday mornings. But then, Jayho, I live on top of the world, and not down under. Didn �t you know it �s a fact the world map was drawn upside down? We �re the head of the world, and New Zealand is our crown. Much better than being the arse of the world, which makes New Zealand a pile of crap. (Excuse the language, but as I�m a flying Kiwi (Dutch born) living in Oz, I had to explain this :-)
Cheers, Peter.
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1 Apr 2014
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jannabanna
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Lovely Peter! Made me laugh !!!
Janet |
1 Apr 2014
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cunliffe
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�Very well �. Sometimes (in England) people say. �I �m good � but they usually have some connection with the States or wish they had. I �m guilty of this myself, but I have the good grace to say it in an American accent.
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1 Apr 2014
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