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To: Haiku Guy

Use of good for well. The poor adverb died years ago.


3 posted on 09/27/2010 3:40:36 AM PDT by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: Doc Savage

Ending a sentence on a preposition is something up with which I will not put.


26 posted on 09/27/2010 7:29:00 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Doc Savage

“Use of good for well. The poor adverb died years ago.”

Conversation heard today: “How are you?” “I’m good, and yourself?”

Ugh.


33 posted on 09/27/2010 12:00:59 PM PDT by Em and Brets Mum ("Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which we will not put." Winston Churchill)
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