2022-05-08
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “Good” = ‘good’
ออกเสียง “Well” = ‘wel’
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors Dictionary
good will or goodwill?
Always write as one word
when referring to
the prestige and trading value of a business.
83 TEAMFLY Team-Fly® He bought the GOODWILL for five thousand pounds.
Use either two words or one word
when referring to
general feelings of kindness and support.
As a gesture of GOOD WILL, she cancelled the fine.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
good & well
Good is an adjective:
“to see a good play”;
“to have a good time.”
Well is both an adjective and an adverb,
but with different meanings;
as an adjective, “in good health,”
and as an adverb, “ably”:
“Since my illness, I felt well.”
“The cast performed well in the first act.”
Good may be used correctly after
such linking verbs
as seem, smell, and taste.
In such uses,
good remain an adjective that qualifies the subject
and is not an adverb that modifies the verb:
“Your report seems good to me.”
But good cannot qualify a verb directly:
“She speaks well (not good).”
Good appears in such trite, informal expressions
as “make good,”
“good for nothing,”
“come to no good,”
“all to the good,”
“good egg,”
“good Joe,”
“good-oh,”
“goodies,” and
“goody-goody.”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
Good is the adjective;
well is the adverb.
You do something well,
but you give someone something good.
The exception is verbs of sensation
in phrases
such as “the pie smells good,” or
“I feel good.”
Despite the arguments of nigglers, (Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way)
this is standard usage.
Saying “the pie smells well”
would imply that the pastry in question had a nose.
Similarly, “I feel well” is also acceptable,
especially when discussing health;
but it is not the only correct usage.
Dictionary.com
USAGE NOTE FOR GOOD
Good is common as an adverb
in informal speech,
especially after forms of do:
He did good on the test.
She sees good with her new glasses.
This use does not occur in formal speech or edited writing,
where the adverb well is used instead:
He did well on the test. She sees well with her new glasses.
The adjective good is standard after linking verbs
like taste, smell, look, feel, be, and seem:
Everything tastes good.
The biscuits smell good.
You're looking good today.
When used after look or feel,
good may refer to spirits as well as health:
I'm feeling pretty good this morning,
ready to take on the world.
Well is both an adjective and an adverb.
As an adjective used after look, feel, or other linking verbs,
it often refers to good health:
You're looking well; we missed you
while you were in the hospital.
Dictionary.com
GRAMMAR NOTES FOR WELL
Sometimes an adverb like well
is so often placed in front of and combined with
a certain past participle in order to modify it
that the resulting adjectival combination
achieves the status of a common word and is listed in dictionaries.
In Dictionary.com you will find, for example,
entries for well-advised and well-mannered;
for ill-advised, ill-bred, and ill-conceived;
and for half-baked and half-cocked.
Some of these terms are given full definitions,
while others are considered such obvious combinations
that you can figure out for yourself
what they must mean.
It is important to note, however,
that compound adjectives like these are hyphenated
for use before the noun they modify together.
Thus we say that someone is “a well-loved professor,”
but there would be no hyphen between well and loved
in a sentence like
“My English professor is well loved and deserves the award.”
In a similar manner, adjectival compounds
formed with better, best, little, lesser, least, etc.,
are also hyphenated when placed before the noun
(a little-understood theory ),
but the hyphen is dropped
when the adjectival combination follows the noun
(his films are best known in England)
or is itself modified by an adverb
(a too little understood theory ).
There are exceptions to this pattern.
For example,
when the combining adverb ends in –ly, no hyphen is required,
whether the resulting adjectival combination
appears before or after the noun:
a highly regarded surgeon;
a surgeon who is highly regarded.
Don’t let the hyphens fool you. Punctuation can be tricky!
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for well
Adjective
Healthy, Sound, Wholesome, Robust, Hale, Well
mean enjoying or indicative of good health.
Healthy implies full strength and vigor
as well as freedom from signs of disease.
a healthy family
Sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction.
a sound heart.
Wholesome implies appearance and behavior
indicating soundness and balance.
a face with a wholesome glow
Robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly.
a lively, robust little boy
Hale applies particularly to robustness in old age.
still hale at the age of eighty
Well implies merely freedom from disease or illness.
she has never been a well person
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Usage Guide
Good vs. Well:
Adjective
An old notion that it is wrong to say "I feel good"
in reference to health still occasionally appears in print.
The origins of this notion are obscure,
but they seem to combine someone's idea that
good should be reserved to describe virtue
and uncertainty about
whether an adverb or an adjective should follow feel.
Today nearly everyone agrees that
both good and well can be predicate adjectives after feel.
Both are used to express good health,
but good may connote good spirits in addition to good health.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Usage Guide
Good vs. Well:
Adverb
Adverbial good has been under attack from the schoolroom
since the 19th century.
Insistence on well rather than good
has resulted in a split in connotation:
well is standard, neutral, and colorless,
while good is emotionally charged and emphatic.
good cannot be adequately replaced by well.
Adverbial good is primarily a spoken form;
in writing it occurs in reported and fictional speech
and in generally familiar or informal contexts.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
good
Usage Note:
In standard usage, good is an adjective,
and the only verbs it should be used with are
linking verbs such as be, seem, or appear:
The future looks good. The soup tastes good.
It should not be used as an adverb with other verbs:
The car runs well (not good).
Thus, The dress fits well and looks good.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
well
Usage Note:
English speakers have used well
both as an adjective and as an adverb since Old English times.
When applied to people,
the adjective well usually refers to a state of health.
Like similar adjectives, such as ill and faint,
well in this use is normally restricted to the predicate,
as in He hasn't been well lately.
Well does see occasional use before a noun,
as in Benjamin Franklin's
"Poor Dick eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick."
It also appears in compound adjectives
like well-baby and well-child,
which are widely used by health-care providers.
Good, on the other hand,
has a much wider range of senses,
including "attractive,"
as in He looks good, and "competent,"
as in She's pretty good for a beginner, as well as "healthy."
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,
good′ish, adj.
syn: See property.
usage:
The use of good as an adverb,
esp. after forms of do, is common only in informal speech:
He did good on the test.
In formal speech or edited writing
the adverb well is used instead:
He did well on the test.
The adjective good is standard after linking verbs
like taste, smell, look, feel, be, and seem:
Everything tastes good. You're looking good today.
When used after look or feel,
good may refer to spirits as well as health.
well as an adjective used after look, feel, or other linking verbs
often refers to good health:
You're looking well; we missed you
while you were in the hospital.
Collins COBUILD English Usage:
Good & well
1. 'good'
Something that is good is pleasant, acceptable, or satisfactory.
The comparative form of good is better.
The superlative form is best.
Your French is better than mine.
This is the best cake I've ever eaten.
2. 'well'
Good is never an adverb.
If you want to say that something is done to a high standard
or to a great extent,
you use well, not 'good'.
She speaks English well.
I don't know him very well.
The comparative form of well is better.
The superlative form is best.
I changed seats so I could see better.
Use the method that works best for you.
Collins COBUILD English Usage:
well
1. used before a statement
In conversation,
people sometimes say well
when they are about to make a statement.
Well can show that someone is hesitating
or uncertain,
but sometimes it has no meaning at all.
'Is that right?' – 'Well, I think so.'
In conversation,
people also use well
when they are correcting something they have just said.
We walked along in silence;
well, not really silence, because she was humming.
It took me years, well months at least,
to realise that he'd lied to me.
2. used as an adverb
Well is very commonly an adverb.
You use well to say that something is done
to a high standard or to a great extent.
He handled it well.
The strategy has worked very well in the past.
You use well to emphasize some -ed participles
when they are part of a passive construction.
You seem to be well liked at work.
When well is used with an -ed participle
like this to make a compound adjective
that comes before a noun,
the compound usually has a hyphen.
She was seen having dinner with a well-known actor.
This is a very well-established custom.
When the compound adjective
comes after a verb, don't use a hyphen.
The author is well known in his native country of Scotland.
Their routine of a morning walk was well established.
You also use well in front of some prepositions
such as ahead of and behind.
The candidate is well ahead of his rivals in the opinion polls.
The border now lay well behind them.
When well is an adverb,
its comparative and superlative forms are better and best.
People are better housed than ever before.
What works best is a balanced, sensible diet.
3. used as an adjective
Well is also an adjective.
If you are well, you are healthy and not ill.
She looked well.
'How are you?' – 'I'm very well, thank you.'
Most British speakers do not use well in front of a noun.
They don't say, for example, 'He's a well man'.
They say 'He's well'.
However, American and Scottish speakers
sometimes use well in front of a noun.
When well is an adjective,
it does not have a comparative form.
However, you can use better
to say that the health of a sick person has improved.
When better is used like this,
it means 'less ill'.
He seems better today.
Better is more commonly used
to say that someone has completely recovered
from an illness or injury.
I hope you'll be better soon.
Her cold was better.
4. 'as well'
You use as well
when you are giving more information about something.
Fresh fruit is healthier than tinned fruit.
And it tastes nicer as well.
The woman laughed, and Jayah giggled as well.
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