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Good vs. Well
Good
/ɡʊd/Examples:
My friend Clare is a very good person.'Read it to me, that's the best way.The goods are gone, Fred, and there's an end of it.'
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Well
/wel/Examples:
I drank some cold water from a mountain well.These men need to be managed better!'You've lived longer than me, you know best.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Well is often related to health or how an action is performed, whereas good usually describes a quality of a noun.
- When you ask How are you?, well responds to your health, while good relates to your mood or feelings.
- Think of well following action verbs like doing, whereas good pairs with nouns itll describe, as in good book'.
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