Why do people say

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He did good in the exams or you did good to save that goal? It well not good!!! Do you say well or is it now common practice to overuse the word good?

Good question!

I think it's an americanism, probably from the tv shows.

You did good pointing that out

"The boy done good" is also came from someone with a London accent (probably a football manager). AFAIK

Also can i get instead of can I have

Well, English grammar rules dictate that 'good' is an adjective and 'well' is an adverb so 'good' is incorrect in the examples given. I'm with you all.

"How are you?"
"I'm good"

is another irritation. Does the answer mean that he is well-behaved?

Can I have? instead of May I have? Grrr.

Its almost as bad as 'my bad'

I cringe when I hear an american say 'GOOD JOB' (good juuub) and dread the day that makes it over here.

My grammar is appalling so I can't comment tbh

Yes I can't stand the 'I'm good ' thing either.
And its even worse when people say ' can I get. .' rather than 'can I have'. NO!!

I haven't heard "she did good at x" except the phrase the boy/girl did good.

"Can I get" on the other hand. My ever so lovely friend says it and there are times when I consider pinching her. Ever single time she says it. As a kind of aversion therapy. It would be for her own good,surely that makes it reasonable?!

*every not ever

If I heard someone speaking like that I would judge them as likely to be a twat.

Yes, if they reply "I'm good" I say, "I asked how you are, not what you are".

I think that one of the strengths of English is that it does change and evolve, the language is alive.

In none of these situations the meaning is unclear so I don't see the problem.

I say all these things that bothers people.

I'm good though. I don't mind people think I'm a test due to language. I tend to judge twattishness on what people say or do not how good their grammar is

Starbucks last Christmas - their slogan was 'Let's Merry'

Let's Merry?

There are so many things wrong with that. It annoys me a year later.

Well, good job to all of you for having such a stress free life that you have time to fret about how others talk.

This American over here will concern herself with important things. Such as a country that thinks spotted dick is a normal name for a pudding and that it's perfectly fine for a 50 year old woman to call her mother mummy.

Good job Tee. You made this American laugh

I say "might could". It's said where I come from in America.

redright Yes, if they reply "I'm good" I say, "I asked how you are, not what you are".
You sound like a complete tosser. I'm surprised anyone speaks to you at all.

What is wrong with good job? We say proper job down here but you have to have the right accent for it :o

Lord above!

Most of the Americans I know, have a better command of the British language than us Brits.

Don't even get me started on the crazy spelling I see in the UK.

I teach English in an American school and we have endless discussions over these things. Many of them are grammatically correct; they have either derived from some earlier version of English which the auK has dropped (eg gotten) or are a colloquial phrase which has developed into acceptable language.

Not that long ago words like wouldn't couldn't shouldn't were seen as utterly inappropriate but we all use them now. If language didn't evolve how would we cope with things like google? We'd still be saying "use the search engine called google" instead if "google it".

I love the different uses of language and could go on about it forever.