Good vs well

Hi,

just use " I'm fine", this answer is very general.

I'm good is also common, but I've never heard "I am well", correct me if I'm wrong with that.

Alex

AnonymousWhich is correct or more correct? "I am good" or "I am well" when asked "How are you?"

Answer, "Fine. Thank you. And you?" If you wish to use a variant like those you suggested here, the technically correct version is "I am well", but it is quite common in casual conversation to substitute "good" for "well", so you can also answer "I'm good". Your

CalifJim If you wish to use a variant like those you suggested here, the technically correct version is "I am well"

Jim, did you mean that?
I am happy (not happily).
I am hungry (not hungrily).

Did you really mean that "I am well" is more correct than "I am good"?

(Without disagreeing that "Fine, thanks, and you?" is the real answer.

Grammar GeekDid you really mean that "I am well" is more correct than "I am good"?

It is to my ear.

For me "I'm well" vs. "I'm good" is the choice between "I'm not sick" and "I'm saintly" (or "I'm skillful"), and I vote for "I'm not sick" because I take "How are you?" to be more interested in my health than my morals (or skills).

That makes good sense to me.

My robotic "Fine, thanks, and you?" has caused me to not think... not to think about that before.

How are you?
Very well, thank you.

That used to be an idiomatic reply some decades ago in some parts of the Anglo-Saxon world. It may have gone out of fashion. Well is also an adjective, not just an adverb.

well, adj.
13. in good health; sound in body and mind: Are you well? He is not a well man.
14. satisfactory, pleasing, or

Grammar Geekcaused me to not think... not to think

Got it!

Only for you, mon ami. (Had it been Clive, I would have lined out a semi-colon.)

Grammar GeekOnly for you, mon ami. (Had it been Clive, I would have lined out a semi-colon.)

LOL. We just can't get anything past you, can we?