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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Essential English Grammar" #139997 06/15/05 04:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta insel: In one among them, "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," he suggests "well" functions as an adjective. I would have thought its function was adverbial. Am I daft, or is he mistaken? Ted: Ugh! I cannot imagine my using that construction in the context presented. Ugh! But we aren't given any context. Why shouldn't 'well' mean 'in good health' in this contextless sentence? If Mrs. Klein has AIDS but looks more healthy because of the effect of the dress on her complexion or whatever, wouldn't the sentence be an appropriate thing to say? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Essential English Grammar" inselpeter 02/21/05 03:27 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" Wordwind 02/21/05 03:53 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" inselpeter 02/21/05 04:02 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" Father Steve 02/21/05 06:31 PM more happenstantial evidence tsuwm 02/21/05 09:57 PM Re: nepotism AnnaStrophic 02/21/05 10:02 PM Re: nepotism Wordwind 02/21/05 10:27 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" Faldage 02/22/05 11:43 AM Re: "Essential English Grammar" bushmillsneat 06/15/05 09:50 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" Jackie 02/21/05 03:55 PM Re: "Essential English Grammar" inselpeter 02/21/05 04:01 PM "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," TEd Remington 02/21/05 04:03 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," Wordwind 02/21/05 04:07 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," AnnaStrophic 02/21/05 04:13 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," Father Steve 02/21/05 06:22 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," Jackie 02/21/05 06:29 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," Wordwind 02/21/05 06:33 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," of troy 02/21/05 08:03 PM I feel badly Bridget 03/01/05 01:54 AM Re: I feel badly michellelisa 06/15/05 01:32 AM Re: I feel badly AnnaStrophic 06/15/05 12:40 PM Re: "Mrs. Klein looks *well* in that dress," wsieber 03/01/05 06:53 AM Re: "Essential English Grammar" Bingley 06/15/05 04:59 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 458 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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