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Common sayings that are commonly misstated

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"I'm at a lost of words" instead of "I'm at a loss for words"...
Went to a church based finance seminar and the guy hosting it said: pacifically for specifically, sufrinic (spelled phonetically) instead of schitsofrenic (yeah, I know i spelled that wrong) and some other gems that I can't quite recall. It helped my wife and I create a whole new language!
 
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HolmeBass said:
My understanding is that "good" is an adjective, and "well" is an adverb. Since "feel" is a verb, the correct modifier would be "well", both in a health-related connotation and in any other connotation.

A possible translation of "I feel good" could most generously be described as one saying that they have a good sense of feeling, or touch- and that would be an incorrect construction nonetheless.

But I am interested in an elaboration on your part. And of course English is a living language, and "I feel good" to describe a sense of mental happiness has definitely entered into common usage. But for a strict construction, it is incorrect, according to my 12th grade English teacher.
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This is not my understanding. Feel is verb in that sentence, and badly is an adverb, the correct word to modify/describe a verb. Using bad, an adjective, would be incorrect.
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Linking verbs are followed by adjectives. They link the subject to a state of being. If you can substitute a form of the verb "to be" for the verb, then it is a linking verb. Many times it is a matter of context. Feel can be either an action or linking verb.

If you are feeling all warm and fuzzy inside, you would say I feel good. If you are feeling healthy you would say I feel well. In this case well is used as an adjective. If you are skilled at the art of feeling, you would say I feel well, but in this case, well is used as an adverb.

You wouldn't say "This sandpaper feels roughly" because the modifier describes the subject, not the verb. You would say "This sandpaper feels rough." During the recent heatwave I went outside and I immediately felt hot, not hotly.
 
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Frank Tuesday said:
Since we abandoned the OP's intention long ago, can I say how much I hate CGI that doesn't obey the laws of physics?
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Not just CGI... people flying 20 feet when punched or shot with a shotgun, half assed continuity when the weapon never seems to run out of ammo... fine for comic effect but spoiling some great scenes. My fav is millers crossing.... that tommy gun had at least 300 rounds in that drum... funny but in other films it's done less satisfactorily.
 
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gigslut said:
Linking verbs are followed by adjectives. They link the subject to a state of being. If you can substitute a form of the verb "to be" for the verb, then it is a linking verb. Many times it is a matter of context. Feel can be either an action or linking verb.

If you are feeling all warm and fuzzy inside, you would say I feel good. If you are feeling healthy you would say I feel well. In this case well is used as an adjective. If you are skilled at the art of feeling, you would say I feel well, but in this case, well is used as an adverb.

You wouldn't say "This sandpaper feels roughly" because the modifier describes the subject, not the verb. You would say "This sandpaper feels rough." During the recent heatwave I went outside and I immediately felt hot, not hotly.
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If you say "I feel well," it could mean that you're good at feeling things. I'll go with James Brown on this one.
 
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PlungerModerno said:
Not just CGI... people flying 20 feet when punched or shot with a shotgun, half assed continuity when the weapon never seems to run out of ammo... fine for comic effect but spoiling some great scenes. My fav is millers crossing.... that tommy gun had at least 300 rounds in that drum... funny but in other films it's done less satisfactorily.
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Also the fact that every movie vehicle is apparently fueled with high octane Explodium(TM) ...
 
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Munjibunga said:
If you say "I feel well," it could mean that you're good at feeling things. I'll go with James Brown on this one.
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I think you just paraphrased what I said.

If you are feeling all warm and fuzzy inside, you would say I feel good. If you are skilled at the art of feeling, you would say I feel well
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Were you correcting me or are we in violent agreement? I don't think James was singing about his health BTW.
 
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