Grammar Tip: Do You Feel Good? Or, Do You Feel Well?

Good or Well?

Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well.

Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc. So:”My mother looks good.” This does not mean that she has good eyesight; it means that she appears healthy.”I feel really good today.”

Again, this does not mean that I touch things successfully. It means rather that I am happy or healthy.

N.B. Many people confuse this distinction in conversation, and that’s okay. You will hear people say, “I feel well” when they mean that they feel good.

However, if you’re talking about action verbs, you would say “well.” “I did well on my exam.” “She plays tennis well.”

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