# Grammar Question Good vs. Well

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 7, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361 "2003-06-07T23:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361/21 "2003-06-09T18:17:59Z")

</div>

Aaaargh: I mean “… despite **its** use …”. :smack: (How to lose credibility in a discussion of grammar).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361/22 "2003-06-09T18:27:24Z")

</div>

I used to wonder if the correct response to “How are you doing?” was “good” or “well”. Then I decided that the question itself was grammatically faulty.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361/23 "2003-06-09T18:42:35Z")

</div>

\<clicking stopwatch\>  
I am here to report that Fly A reached the finish line in 10.9 seconds, and Fly B in 11.3 seconds, while Fly C took off in a different direction entirely and was lost to view within 2.6 seconds.

God, isn’t this fun!!!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361/24 "2003-06-09T18:56:00Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Rucksinator \*  
> \*\*I used to wonder if the correct response to “How are you doing?” was “good” or “well”. \*\*

The typical response to this question is something like, “Just going to the store for a few things.” 🙂

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-good-vs-well/180361.md?page=1)