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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Well versus Good

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0The idiomatic expression of " to do someone or something good" means "to reap the benifit" by applying an effort or method toward achieving a state of well being. g. 02font 02br 02br 00Spending time talking to your children 01font 00will do them good02font 00 in their childhood development 02br 02br 00To do well on / at something means to be make steady progress toward success, to achieve a status of success.

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  • 0The idiomatic expression of " to do someone or something good" means "to reap the benifit" by applying an effort or method toward achieving a state of well being.
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  • 02font 02br 02br 00Spending time talking to your children 01font 00will do them good02font 00 in their childhood development 02br 02br 00To do well on / at something means to be make steady progress toward success, to achieve a status of success.
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  • He 01font 00is going well in school02font 00 .
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0The idiomatic expression of " to do someone or something good" means "to reap the benifit" by applying an effort or method toward achieving a state of well being. 02br
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0Hi,02br
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0 It's the noun "good" in the sense of "a good thing", "something good". I usually hear it in combination with "some". There isn't much of a grammatical explanation in my opinion. It's simply an idiom "to do someone (some) good" = to be beneficial for (someone) = to be good (a good thing) for (someone) (to ...).02br
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01i00It'll do you good to get some fresh
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0 Thanks everyone for your feedback. Does anyone have a source (grammatical reference or dictionary) that I can show my friend? 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thanks everyone for your feedback. Does anyone have a source (grammatical reference or dictionary) that I can show my friend?12blockquote
10Hi, Anon02br
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00Clive and CalifJim suffice as reference050
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Clive - Which dictionary did you reference? Thanks.
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Hi,

The Canadian Oxford (Paperback) Dictionary.

Best wishes, Clive
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