Microsoft PowerPoint - The Good, The Bad, And t
Transcript of Microsoft PowerPoint - The Good, The Bad, And t
Mrs. Graham
WBHS 2007
English II
� Always use good as an adjective (to describe nouns)� Ex: Red is a good color for
you. [Color is a noun; good describes it.]
� Use well as an adverb (to describe verbs) or manner of telling how ably or how adequately something is done� Ex: You dress well.
good describes it.]� Ex: You dress well.
[Dress is a verb; well describes how you do it.]
� Ex: I play basketball very well. [Well describes how adequately you play basketball.]
� Well may be used as in adjective, only if used to mean “in good health”
� Ex: Aren’t you feeling well? [meaning, in good health]
� ***You can use bad 0r good with any linking verbs!!
� Always use bad as an adjective (describes a noun) or after a linking verb� Ex: That’s a bad idea.
� Always use badly as an adverb. (describes a verb)� Ex: The porch swing is
squeaking badly. � Ex: That’s a bad idea. [Bad describes idea.]
� Ex: I feel bad about your moving away. [describes the linking verb feel]
� Ex: That milk tastes bad. [describes the linking verb tastes. ]
squeaking badly. [describes how the swing is squeaking]
� Ex: I’ll rewrite these invitations because someone wrote them badly. [describes how they wrote them.]
� That television show was (bad, badly).� We wanted to go on a picnic, but the weather looked (bad,
badly).� That scarf looks (good, well) on you.� French toast tastes (good, well) with homemade applesauce. � Beth thought she was catching a cold, but she feels (good, well)
now. � Beth thought she was catching a cold, but she feels (good, well)
now. � Luke’s trumpet solo sounded flat, but yours sounded (good,
well).� This stuffy cabin smells (bad, badly); let’s open the windows.� Sam felt (bad, badly) about forgetting to drive Lou home after
her appointment.� Our science teacher said our project was done (good, well).
� Don’t use two or more negative words to express the same idea. To do so is an error, or a double negative.
� The words hardly, barely, and scarcely are negative words. Don’t use them with other negative words, such as not. negative.
� Ex: I don’t have no stereo equipment
� Correction: I don’ t have any stereo equipment.
words, such as not. � Ex: I haven’t hardly
finished.
� Correction: I have hardly finished.
� Emily is a quiet girl; she never says nothing.
� Since I hurt my wrist, I can’t hardly never throw foul shots as well as I used to.
� Maddie isn’t feeling no better; yet, if she were, she still wouldn’ t say nothing.wouldn’ t say nothing.
� Nobody didn’t tell me nothing about the pep rally yesterday.
� I asked the police officer what was new in the case, but she told me that officially nothing was.
� Brian and Drew had never planned to have no band, but now they scarcely have time for anything else.