WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM - Grammar Minute: It's All Well and Good

Episode Date: February 12, 2024

Let me be honest: "I don't know" appears frequently in this episode. 

Welcome to the Grammar Minute, where we're saving the English language 60 seconds at a time. I'm Lauren Smith, and I feel good today. Wait, some of you are yelling at your speakers, phones, radios, however you're listening. You can't feel good, you must feel well. To which I say, I feel good, and I feel well. Here's the key. Nobody actually knows what the difference between these two phrases is. You've probably heard that good is an adjective, meaning that it modifies a noun,

but actually good has been used as an adverb since pretty much for. forever, according to the grandfather of all sources, Merriam Webster. A sort of convention has been made up to decide the question. If you say, I feel good, you're probably talking about emotional well-being, whereas if you say, I feel well, you're talking about physical well-being. Why? I have absolutely no idea. That's your Grammar Minute.

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