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I'm greatly confused?
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@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
Great is an adverb in this instance, but well is more proper English.
But great as an adverb is “greatly”, it’s very informal to use great as anything other than an adjective.
Yes, but it's an idiom in this case and as stated, well is the "proper" English.
Well is not the equivalent of great, well is the equivalent adverb to good.
Either of “I’m doing very well” or “I’m doing greatly” should be acceptable but for whatever reason people don’t say the latter.
Well is not the equivalent of great, well is the equivalent adverb to good.
Either of “I’m doing very well” or “I’m doing greatly” should be acceptable but for whatever reason people don’t say the latter.
Greatly doesn't work here because "I'm doing" is incomplete. As I said, it's an idiom that is accepted because "I'm doing greatly" is malformed. Doing is a copular verb.
That logic doesn’t make sense “I’m doing well” and “I’m doing greatly” are equally complete.
Also an idiom is usually a non-sensical phrase that derives it’s meaning from symbolism, don’t really know if that fits what an idiom is.
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@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
Great is an adverb in this instance, but well is more proper English.
But great as an adverb is “greatly”, it’s very informal to use great as anything other than an adjective.
Yes, but it's an idiom in this case and as stated, well is the "proper" English.
Well is not the equivalent of great, well is the equivalent adverb to good.
Either of “I’m doing very well” or “I’m doing greatly” should be acceptable but for whatever reason people don’t say the latter.
Well is not the equivalent of great, well is the equivalent adverb to good.
Either of “I’m doing very well” or “I’m doing greatly” should be acceptable but for whatever reason people don’t say the latter.
Greatly doesn't work here because "I'm doing" is incomplete. As I said, it's an idiom that is accepted because "I'm doing greatly" is malformed. Doing is a copular verb.
That logic doesn’t make sense “I’m doing well” and “I’m doing greatly” are equally complete.
Also an idiom is usually a non-sensical phrase that derives it’s meaning from symbolism, don’t really know if that fits what an idiom is.
Greatly does not always represent great.
You would not say "the water level increased great" or "I made a greatly attempt at humor last night"
And idiom here means it is informally accepted as a natural form of language.
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You re thinking way too much about this.
If someone comes up and says "how ya doin"
the only possible response is to say "how ya doin" back.
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@painpa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
You re thinking way too much about this.
If someone comes up and says "how ya doin"
the only possible response is to say "how ya doin" back.
Yer from new york -YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS.Forget about it
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you also can't be doing good either, that is also grammatically incorrect
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@painpa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
You re thinking way too much about this.
If someone comes up and says "how ya doin"
the only possible response is to say "how ya doin" back.
Yer from new york -YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS.I’m actually from New Jersey lol
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I'd be doing greatly if I hadn't just wasted 30 seconds of my life skimming this thread looking for something that's actually related to the game or at least baseball in general. lol
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@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@duke0021520_xbl said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
I'm lost.
“I’m doing great.”
Great should not be used to modify doing because great is an adjective and adjectives can’t modify verbs (doing), so we should use the equivalent adverb, no?
You are correct. Using “great” in this context is grammatically incorrect and yet, over time it has come to be socially acceptable.
However, I would much rather criticize the use of “I’m doing good,” or “I played good.” It’s tough to hear sometimes and yes, that makes me kinda douchey.
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@duke0021520_xbl said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
I'm not that good at grammar so I don't really know.
You mean you're not that GREAT at grammar.
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@arvcpa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@duke0021520_xbl said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
I'm not that good at grammar so I don't really know.
You mean you're not that GREAT at grammar.
Well if I said something wrong, than my point exactly.
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This is along the same lines of "I could care less" I think... I don't care about that grammatical phenomenon either.
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@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
And idiom here means it is informally accepted as a natural form of language.
That’s a colloquialism; an idiom typically doesn’t make sense in context and is usually only used by a small segment of people.
This is fun… I love grammar questions
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I’m not an expert in grammar. My brain prefers phonetic spellings and casual conversation. Language and rules were created for understanding one another. If I can understand what you are saying then we are good. Not well, not greatly, not gooder.
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Was porn hub down last night?
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@untchable704_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
Was porn hub down last night?
I roll my eyes at half your posts, but you almost made me spit out my coffee through my nose right now lmfao
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@kdclemson_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
If I asked you how you were doing isn’t “I’m doing greatly” more correct than “I’m doing great”.
Great is an adjective and you’re doing, doing being a verb. Because it’s a verb, your answer should end with an adverb, no?
Like if I asked “How are you?” the correct response is “I am great.” Because the adjective is used to describe you, but if I asked “How are you doing?” would it not be more grammatically correct to say “I’m doing greatly”?
I can write better than Shakespeare
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@the_joneser_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
And idiom here means it is informally accepted as a natural form of language.
That’s a colloquialism; an idiom typically doesn’t make sense in context and is usually only used by a small segment of people.
This is fun… I love grammar questions
Sure, You can call it either.
"How are you doing?" and the response "I'm doing fine." are idiomatic expressions because they do not make sense using a literal definition of "doing".
They only make sense because over hundreds of years we have accepted an informal definition of "doing" as a replacement for "feeling" in this context.
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Which is correct, "I'm doing great" or "I'm doing greatly"?
“I'm doing great” is generally acceptable in American English except in the most formal registers. In British English it's ok further down the register scale, but at least to older listeners it would sound markedly and possibly intrusively American (but perfectly intelligible). That's as much to do with a collective distaste for hyperbole as any quibble over parts of speech; a Brit is likely to respond in more measured tones (“oh, I'm getting by, you know” meaning “I've just bought my third Ferrari”) but “I'm doing fine” (meaning “I have sold two copies of the Big Issue so far all morning”) is perfectly acceptable and structurally identical; “great” and “fine” are adverbs in this instance.“I'm doing greatly” is not well-formed, because an -ly adverb modifies the manner in which the action is performed, but is not the complement of the verb; structurally it can only be added to an existing well-formed structure that could stand alone, and “I'm doing” is incomplete: “do” requires an object or complement of some kind.
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@abbyspapa_psn said in Shouldn’t people say “I’m doing greatly”?:
Sure, You can call it either.
"How are you doing?" and the response "I'm doing fine." are idiomatic expressions because they do not make sense using a literal definition of "doing".
They only make sense because over hundreds of years we have accepted an informal definition of "doing" as a replacement for "feeling" in this context.
True, true… this all takes me back to grad classes where we’d be tasked with generating “rules” to satisfy usage questions posed by the advanced ESL composition students… good times. Makes me want to curl up with my copy of The Chicago Manual of Style and twist my little brain around.
A nice digression. Thanks, OP.
