
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 11, 1990                   TAG: 9004110471
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

WHAT HAS happened to the English language? The word "good" is being used more often as an adverb than as an adjective.

On television, I just heard on the noontime news, "I'm doing good." Even professional sportsmen constantly say, "We played real good today!" What has happened to the adverb "well" - did someone take it out of the English langauge and not tell me?

I don't have a college degree but was taught grammar in the fourth grade. Isn't it being taught today? V. FOSTER SHAWSVILLE

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