“And what about you? How are you?” he asked me politely.

“I’m good,” I responded.

“You mean ‘Well.” Unless you’re a superhero or something, your grammar is incorrect.”

“HA! ACTUALLY, YOUR CORRECTION IS INCORRECT! IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF DARTH VADER, I HAVE YOU NOW! BEW BEW, KABOOM! HA HA!”

Cough, ahem.

Anyway, I was right, and I always said that I’d find some third-party source whenever people corrected me, but never really did because there’s quite a few more interesting things to do. But one floated across my screen, so I’m posting about it now, and I shall forever link to this blog post when people try to get me. Har har!

I mean, obviously this is more playful than anything because the number of people that actually care is quite small, but finally, at long last, my amusing vindication is here! And I didn’t have to go out of my way to look anything up! Huzzah!

3. It’s incorrect to answer the question “How are you?” with the statement “I’m good.” Wrong! Am is a linking verb and linking verbs should be modified by adjectives such as good. Because well can also act as an adjective, it’s also fine to answer “I’m well,” but some grammarians believe “I’m well” should be used to talk about your health and not your general disposition. (See episode 51 for more details.)

This is from the Grammar Girl, by the way.

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