Adjective vs Adverb
rogersgeorge on February 10th, 2023
Here’s a good example of an adjective-adverb combination that people often get wrong:
Our ancestors probably didn’t smell good, but did they smell well?
https://newatlas.com/biology/neanderthal-denisovan-odor-receptors-smell-sensitivity/
- “Good” is an adjective; it refers to nouns.
- “Well” is an adverb; it refers to verbs.
Do you know the exception? (Well is an adjective referring to illness, as in “I don’t feel well.”)
Here’s the picture that goes with the article:
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