The 'Common Grammar Errors' Article

[landstander]

In section 4 (Adjectives vs. adverbs) of this article (http://tdl.diabloii.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=27&page=1), the author has completely reversed the correct rules as far as 'feel' is concerned.

"I feel ____" can be properly used with many different modifiers. Some examples:

I feel sick (adjective). -- means I don't feel healthy
I feel well (adjective). -- means the opposite of the above
*I feel well (adverb). -- means I am particularly good at feeling
*I feel badly (adverb). -- means I am not very good at feeling
I feel bad (adjective). -- similar to 'I feel sick,' but more general
I feel good (adjective). -- similar to 'I feel well,' but more general
I feel oranges (noun). -- means I am currently fondling citrus fruit

Note the bizarre meanings of the two marked examples. Though it's possible someone might want to say such a thing, it's very unlikely.

The rest of the article was very good, which made this glaring error even more noticeable. It would be a shame if this mistake became even more wide-spread than it already is.

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I couldn't find a link for comments on the article page, nor could I find any way to identify the author.

[skilledlord]

maybe in the ot forum, where everyone won't understand it.

[Anyee]

Er, what's the error? "I feel well" does indeed mean that the author is
1) very good at touching things or
2) searching in the dark with his/her hands and has been asked what he or she has come upon via tactile means?

The article is by iampunha.

[tarnok]

I agree with Anyee. This isn't an error, it's just an extremely unusual use of those words. Qualifying the acuity of our tactile sense is not a task that we preform frequently.

[Gdog4evr]

I agree with Anyee. This isn't an error, it's just an extremely unusual use of those words. Qualifying the acuity of our tactile sense is not a task that we preform frequently.

Unless you're Dare Devil; his hightened sences means he's able to feel extreamly well. My left index finger dosn't feel well at all ever since that operation made me loose feeling in it.

See, it works!

[0xDEADCAFE]

Man: "Hey Daredevil! How you doing?"

Daredevil: "I feel well."

Man: "Uh, yeah, I know, you've got incredible tactility, but how are you?"

Daredevil: "I feel well, extremely well."

Man: "I know, I know, your super-powers are fantastic. I'm just asking how you're doing."

Daredevil: "And I am just telling you that I feel well."

Man: "Sure. Whatever dude. You're the high-and-mighty all-perceiving Daredevil. Why should you say hello to some nobody like me. Sheesh, man, get over yourself."

(Alas, even our hero is not immune to the inimical forces of Grammatical Confusion.)

[Relapse_]

You don't get confusion like this with other languages... don't let anyone tell you different. English is a poorly compiled language.

[dang79]

Sorry, I can't resist, but to be more grammatically acceptable, shouldn't it be
"Common Grammatical Errors"

[Gdog4evr]

You don't get confusion like this with other languages... don't let anyone tell you different. English is a poorly compiled language.
How many languages do you speek, pry tell? From what my Spanish teacher told us, yes you do, just not as often.

And I'm not sure it's fair to just say English is poorly compiled; it's also been repeatidly and sometimes randomly compiled, usually when bits of other languages (Roman, French, German dialects, etc) are crammed in with their own rules; just saying it's "poorly compiled" makes it sound like the compilers were lazy (like the ones who compiled the Tex Murphy series; talk about good games ruined by horrible bugs).

More on grammer:
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

[plasmo]

I've always preferred English grammar but foreign words.

For example, I hate how German has 9 different ways to pluralize nouns, whereas English uses "(e)s" almost all of the time. However, I hate how in English someone can say a word but have no clue how to spell it, whereas in German, if you can say it, you can spell it because there is only 1 way to say each letter or combination, with a few exceptions.

I'm so glad English has almost completely purged gender and having to decline/conjugate things.

[Anyee]

I speak five languages to varying degrees. Japanese, Hindi, French, English, and Latin. All of them are ridiculous. :)