At this point we've seen several dictionary entries that *clearly*
prove "good" is indeed an adverb.
We've also noted that "well" might indeed be an adverb, but it does
not have precisely the same connotation as "good" when used as an
adverb.
Clearly:
Mark McIntyre, who called me an "idiot" for that usage, is
the idiot in regard to this subject.
Arthur J. O'Dwyer, was incorrect to say, "No need to go all
ungrammatical".
CBFalconer errored when he said it was "illustrating misuse
of the language".
Alan Balmer blew it totally in saying "it's a classic mistake".
Christian Bau went absolutely ballistic and even claimed I
was reading the quotes from a dictionary wrong.
Quite a list of people who *should* have known enough to look it
up *before* claiming they were authoritative.
You quoted just six words without any context. From the six words you
quoted, my conclusion was quite reasonable.
That is the standard format for dictionary entries, and
assuming it to be something else doesn't come close to "quite
reasonable". From the six words I quoted, your conclusion was
abjectly ridiculous.
Each time you post one of these gross errors you end up having
to weasel in some manner like the above to excuse what you said
that last time.
Why don't you just accept the simple fact that the sentence
construction used was indeed grammatically correct English. The
list of folks above that suckered up on it is just amazing,
considering how easy it is to look the word up in a dictionary
before posting a claim that it can't be what it is.
But now why you are completely wrong: The page you quote does actually
say that "good" is sometimes used as an adverb, that there are quite
strong feelings that it is wrong, and that therefore using "good" as an
It does not say that it is /wrong/ to use the word as an adverb.
What is it with you and reading dictionaries? When they don't
say what you were looking for, you just manufacture a claim that
they meant it anyway, regardless.
adverb has a different meaning than "well". There are examples given,
Now, in addition to arguing that the dictionary didn't mean what
it says, you are going to tell me I didn't say what I meant to
say???
Go back and read the post where *I* used it. *I* meant what I said.
I sure as Hell didn't ask you what I what I wanted said... and the
only hint you have as to what the sentence meant, is what it said!
I made a statement, and the argument against it was that "good"
is not an adverb so I should have used "well" instead because it
is an adverb. It has been conclusively demonstrated beyond any
shadow of a doubt that "good" is indeed useful as an adverb.
So now you have the audacity to say I didn't mean "good" and
instead should have used "well" because that is what I meant,
even if it was grammatically correct. Astounding. Simply
astounding.
and in these examples "good" is used intentionally to achieve some
effect.
When I used the word, you can trust that I intended it to
achieve an effect!
In the sentence that started this discussion, there was no intention to
use a different meaning. It was just a bloody mistake.
Oh buzz off with that silly crap, will you. *I* wrote the
sentence. It meant *exactly* what it said.
You've not done so well in this thread Christian. First you claim
"good" is not an adverb. They you claim the quote from a dictionary
means the opposite of what it says. They you claim a dictionary
says something it doesn't.
Now you've got nothing left but to say that *I* made a mistake
by not saying what I meant.
The fact is, nothing you've been saying means much of anything.
