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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Good or well
Hello
Could you tell me if it is OK to use "good" in the following sentence?
-He played good.
Kind regards
JA
Top answer
g. in some BrE dialects, but it is not standard English. Instead say "He played well".
- g.
- in some BrE dialects, but it is not standard English.
- Instead say "He played well".
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Some people might say this, e.g. in some BrE dialects, but it is not standard English. Instead say "He played well".
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By the way, in England the expression "The boy done good", meaning that someone did well, or played well, is used in comic parody of the kind of non-standard English that might be heard from managers of football teams.
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