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Posted: Apr 7, 2009 - 11:19am

There is so much hairspray in the air of the ladies' room, I can taste it. It's like the 80s all over again.
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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:59pm

I just always say "I'm doing well."
Coaxial

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:59pm

 Leslie wrote:
Today's topic is well versus good.

It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of trepidation or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're good or they're well.

"I'm good" is what you're likely to hear in general conversation, but there are grammar nitpickers out there who will chide you if you say it. The wonderful news is that those nitpickers are wrong: it's perfectly acceptable to say, "I'm good," and you shouldn't have to shamefully submit to teasing remarks such as the time-honored and leering, "How good are you?"

The nitpickers will tell you that well is an adverb (and therefore modifies verbs) and that good is an adjective (and therefore modifies nouns), but the situation isn't that simple.

The key is to understand how linking verbs differ from action verbs. (Trust me, this is worth it so you can look people in the eye and say, "I'm good," with absolute confidence.)

First, let's talk about action verbs. They're easy; they describe actions. Verbs such as run, jump, and swim are all action verbs. If you want to describe an action verb, you use an adverb like well. You could say: He runs well; she jumps well; they swim well. Well is an adverb that relates to all those action verbs.

Linking verbs, on the other hand, are a little bit more complicated. Linking verbs aren't about actions as much as they are about connecting other words together (1, 2). They're also sometimes called "copulative verbs."

I think of the verb to be as the quintessential linking verb. The word is is a form of the verb to be, and if I say, He is yellow, the main purpose of is is really just to link the word he with the word yellow. Other linking verbs include seem, appear, look, become, and verbs that describe senses, such as feel and smell. That isn't a comprehensive list of linking verbs-there are at least 60 in the English language (1)-but I hope that will give you an idea of how they work.

One complication is that some verbs-such as the sensing verbs-can be both linking verbs and action verbs (2, 3). A trick that will help you figure out if you're dealing with a linking verb is to see if you can replace the verb with a form of to be; if so, then it's probably a linking verb (1, 4). For example, you can deduce that feel is a linking verb in the sentence He feels bad because if you replace feels with the word is, the sentence still makes sense: He is bad. On the other hand, if you have a sentence such as He feels badly, and you replace feels with is, it doesn't make sense anymore: He is badly. So in that case you know that feel is functioning as an action verb.

OK, so now you understand the difference between linking verbs and action verbs. That might seem like a detour on the way to learning why it is OK to say, "I'm good," but it's important because the thing people seem to forget is that it's standard to use adjectives-such as good-after linking verbs (5, 6). When you do it, they are called predicate adjectives, and they refer back to the noun before the linking verb. That's why, even though good is primarily an adjective, it is OK to say, "I am good": am is a linking verb, and you use adjectives after linking verbs.

Aside from the linking-verb-action-verb trickiness, another reason people get confused about this topic is that well can be both an adverb and a predicate adjective. As I said earlier, in the sentence He swam well, well is an adverb that describes how he swam. But when you say, "I am well," you're using well as a predicate adjective. That's fine, but most sources say well is reserved to mean "healthy" when it's used in this way (1, 3, 4). So if you are recovering from a long illness and someone is inquiring about your health, it's appropriate to say, "I am well," but if you're just describing yourself on a generally good day and nobody's asking specifically about your health, a more appropriate response is, "I am good."

Finally, it's very important to remember that it's wrong to use good as an adverb after an action verb. For example, it's wrong to say, "He swam good." Cringe! The proper sentence is He swam well, because swam is an action verb and it needs an adverb to describe it. Remember, you can only use adjectives such as good and bad after linking verbs, you can't use them after action verbs.

That's all.


 
Well, good.

Leslie

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Location: Antioch, CA
Gender: Female


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 5:56pm

Today's topic is well versus good.

It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of trepidation or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're good or they're well.

"I'm good" is what you're likely to hear in general conversation, but there are grammar nitpickers out there who will chide you if you say it. The wonderful news is that those nitpickers are wrong: it's perfectly acceptable to say, "I'm good," and you shouldn't have to shamefully submit to teasing remarks such as the time-honored and leering, "How good are you?"

The nitpickers will tell you that well is an adverb (and therefore modifies verbs) and that good is an adjective (and therefore modifies nouns), but the situation isn't that simple.

The key is to understand how linking verbs differ from action verbs. (Trust me, this is worth it so you can look people in the eye and say, "I'm good," with absolute confidence.)

First, let's talk about action verbs. They're easy; they describe actions. Verbs such as run, jump, and swim are all action verbs. If you want to describe an action verb, you use an adverb like well. You could say: He runs well; she jumps well; they swim well. Well is an adverb that relates to all those action verbs.

Linking verbs, on the other hand, are a little bit more complicated. Linking verbs aren't about actions as much as they are about connecting other words together (1, 2). They're also sometimes called "copulative verbs."

I think of the verb to be as the quintessential linking verb. The word is is a form of the verb to be, and if I say, He is yellow, the main purpose of is is really just to link the word he with the word yellow. Other linking verbs include seem, appear, look, become, and verbs that describe senses, such as feel and smell. That isn't a comprehensive list of linking verbs-there are at least 60 in the English language (1)-but I hope that will give you an idea of how they work.

One complication is that some verbs-such as the sensing verbs-can be both linking verbs and action verbs (2, 3). A trick that will help you figure out if you're dealing with a linking verb is to see if you can replace the verb with a form of to be; if so, then it's probably a linking verb (1, 4). For example, you can deduce that feel is a linking verb in the sentence He feels bad because if you replace feels with the word is, the sentence still makes sense: He is bad. On the other hand, if you have a sentence such as He feels badly, and you replace feels with is, it doesn't make sense anymore: He is badly. So in that case you know that feel is functioning as an action verb.

OK, so now you understand the difference between linking verbs and action verbs. That might seem like a detour on the way to learning why it is OK to say, "I'm good," but it's important because the thing people seem to forget is that it's standard to use adjectives-such as good-after linking verbs (5, 6). When you do it, they are called predicate adjectives, and they refer back to the noun before the linking verb. That's why, even though good is primarily an adjective, it is OK to say, "I am good": am is a linking verb, and you use adjectives after linking verbs.

Aside from the linking-verb-action-verb trickiness, another reason people get confused about this topic is that well can be both an adverb and a predicate adjective. As I said earlier, in the sentence He swam well, well is an adverb that describes how he swam. But when you say, "I am well," you're using well as a predicate adjective. That's fine, but most sources say well is reserved to mean "healthy" when it's used in this way (1, 3, 4). So if you are recovering from a long illness and someone is inquiring about your health, it's appropriate to say, "I am well," but if you're just describing yourself on a generally good day and nobody's asking specifically about your health, a more appropriate response is, "I am good."

Finally, it's very important to remember that it's wrong to use good as an adverb after an action verb. For example, it's wrong to say, "He swam good." Cringe! The proper sentence is He swam well, because swam is an action verb and it needs an adverb to describe it. Remember, you can only use adjectives such as good and bad after linking verbs, you can't use them after action verbs.

That's all.



Proclivities

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 8:01am

greyfin10 wrote:
Getting a boring car helps... used to happen all the time when I drove an Impala SS... It tailed off dramatically when i bought the Mazda :)

Proclivities wrote:
Other drivers who seem to deliberately stay in my "blind spot" on a busy interstate, for miles.




It's even worse when I have to do drive one of the trucks or vans for my job. They have less visibility and maneuverability to begin with and I'm often sent to far-off parts of the state that I am unfamiliar with. So having to change lanes when my exit may be approaching is more nerve-wracking knowing that there's some pinhead invisibly lingering around me. I was hired as a bookkeeper, so it's annoying enough to have to drive anyhow, but I'm getting paid for it - it's certainly better than being unemployed.

PoundPuppy

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:58am

 rachlan wrote:

Thanks!  this sounds like it, and it looks like it, but it still isn't budging.   oy.
Sometimes they screw and sometimes you have to squeeze a bit to get it to turn. Lot's of DIY on google. 


samiyam

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Location: Moving North


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:47am

 joan_c wrote:


She just has this way of, "beating around the bush".  It's a little annoying.

 
My dad used to do that...  After my mother died, he finally stopped.  (there's something there, I think )

rachlan

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Location: nyc
Gender: Female


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:37am

 PoundPuppy wrote:
On the tall part below the bigger part on it ( The float ) right under there you will feel a round circular peice that goes around the base of the float. Some you squeeze to move others you turn just a little . This is how you will get the tank to fill to the desired level. Make sure the guy replaced the flapper. they are less than a dollar and you'd be surprised how much water slips past an old one and shows up on your water bill.

 
Thanks!  this sounds like it, and it looks like it, but it still isn't budging.   oy.

PoundPuppy

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:25am

 oldslabsides wrote:

If the flapper is leaking you'll hear the water running.  Usually you don't need to replace the thing, just clean the deposits of the whatever solid crap is in your local water off the flapper and the edge of the pipe it seals to.
Sometimes you'll hear the water but if it's a small leak not so much. When I worked in Hotels , it was just my thing that if I replaced the fill valve I'd replace the flapper too.  Same with fuses in A/C unit's. If one blows I figure the others can't be too far behind. It's all part of my OCD. 


PoundPuppy

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:22am

If it looks like this , the water level adjuster is under the black part.
Red_Dragon

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Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:22am

 PoundPuppy wrote:
On the tall part below the bigger part on it ( The float ) right under there you will feel a round circular peice that goes around the base of the float. Some you squeeze to move others you turn just a little . This is how you will get the tank to fill to the desired level. Make sure the guy replaced the flapper. they are less than a dollar and you'd be surprised how much water slips past an old one and shows up on your water bill.

 
If the flapper is leaking you'll hear the water running.  Usually you don't need to replace the thing, just clean the deposits of whatever solid crap is in your local water off the flapper and the edge of the pipe it seals to.

katzendogs

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Location: Pasadena ,Texas
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:20am

I missed Sunday Morning because not one dang TV remote in this house works. Well, one will NEVER work again! {#Shifty}
Red_Dragon

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Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:18am

 rachlan wrote:
someone fixed my toilet yesterday for $20 instead of the super doing it who would have charged a lot more.   now the toilet doesn't flush all the way.   I want to adjust it so the tank fills with more water, it is about an inch low of the water level but I can't figure out how to make the flow thing higher.  I tried looking on line, it said to squeeze the clip on the spring to move it up and down but nothing I squeeze budges. I can't ask the super because now the toilet issue is an issue.

 
It's hard to say without being able to see the guts of your potty but, most of the set ups these days adjust the float level with a screw at the top of the little standpipe the float is attached to.  If I remember correctly turn the screw counter clockwise a bit to raise the float, and therefore the water level in the tank.  Care to post a pic?

PoundPuppy

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 7:13am

On the tall part below the bigger part on it ( The float ) right under there you will feel a round circular peice that goes around the base of the float. Some you squeeze to move others you turn just a little . This is how you will get the tank to fill to the desired level. Make sure the guy replaced the flapper. they are less than a dollar and you'd be surprised how much water slips past an old one and shows up on your water bill.
rachlan

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Location: nyc
Gender: Female


Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:07am

someone fixed my toilet yesterday for $20 instead of the super doing it who would have charged a lot more.   now the toilet doesn't flush all the way.   I want to adjust it so the tank fills with more water, it is about an inch low of the water level but I can't figure out how to make the flow thing higher.  I tried looking on line, it said to squeeze the clip on the spring to move it up and down but nothing I squeeze budges. I can't ask the super because now the toilet issue is an issue.


MacHazzer

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Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 4:14am

My mom died 3 months ago... I wish she still could annoy me with questions like that. Cherish it!
Why is typing in English so hard?

 
joan_c wrote:
When my mom calls me up to tell me what she been, "thinking about".  Usually when Mom calls me like that it's because she's been, "thinking about" something she wants me to do for her. The conversation goes like this:

Mom:  Hi Joan, I've been thinking about going to church on Sunday.  Have you been thinking about going to church on Sunday?

Me:  Well, I'm planning to go to church on Sunday.

Mom:  Do you think you could pick me up on your way to church?

Me:  Yes Mom.

Mom:  Well, I was thinking about going grocery buying afterward.

Me:  Yes...?

Mom:  Do you think you could take me to the grocery store after church?

Me:  Sure Mom.

Mom:  Okay!  Thank you!

{#Rolleyes}

 


greyfin10

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Location: Panama City, FL
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Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 10:11pm

Getting a boring car helps... used to happen all the time when I drove an Impala SS... It tailed off dramatically when i bought the Mazda :)

 Proclivities wrote:
Other drivers who seem to deliberately stay in my "blind spot" on a busy interstate, for miles.

 


onlylynne

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Location: On a bluff near the Missouri River
Gender: Female


Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 9:59pm

 joan_c wrote:


She just has this way of, "beating around the bush".  It's a little annoying.

 
I bet!

joan_c

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Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 9:57pm

 onlylynne wrote:

Is she afraid she would be burdening you if she asked directly?

 

She just has this way of, "beating around the bush".  It's a little annoying.
onlylynne

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Location: On a bluff near the Missouri River
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Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 9:35pm

 joan_c wrote:
When my mom calls me up to tell me what she been, "thinking about".  Usually when Mom calls me like that it's because she's been, "thinking about" something she wants me to do for her. The conversation goes like this:

Mom:  Hi Joan, I've been thinking about going to church on Sunday.  Have you been thinking about going to church on Sunday?

Me:  Well, I'm planning to go to church on Sunday.

Mom:  Do you think you could pick me up on your way to church?

Me:  Yes Mom.

Mom:  Well, I was thinking about going grocery buying afterward.

Me:  Yes...?

Mom:  Do you think you could take me to the grocery store after church?

Me:  Sure Mom.

Mom:  Okay!  Thank you!

{#Rolleyes}

 
Is she afraid she would be burdening you if she asked directly?


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