Which way is most often used by native speaker: 1. He is a good dancer. 2. He dances well.
cnjackie88 Member Joined Apr 23, 2020 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Apr 26, 2020 #1 Which way is most often used by native speaker: 1. He is a good dancer. 2. He dances well.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Apr 26, 2020 #2 cnjackie88 said: Which [STRIKE]way[/STRIKE] is [strike]most[/strike] more often used by native speakers? 1. He is a good dancer. 2. He dances well. Click to expand... They are both used but I would say sentence 1 is marginally more common.
cnjackie88 said: Which [STRIKE]way[/STRIKE] is [strike]most[/strike] more often used by native speakers? 1. He is a good dancer. 2. He dances well. Click to expand... They are both used but I would say sentence 1 is marginally more common.
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Apr 26, 2020 #3 There are differences of use, but it's more likely that a speaker will be in a position to use sentence 1.
There are differences of use, but it's more likely that a speaker will be in a position to use sentence 1.
Charlie Bernstein VIP Member Joined Jan 28, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Apr 26, 2020 #4 This is more conversational: He's a good dancer.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Apr 27, 2020 #5 In Google Ngrams, good dancer is well ahead of dances well.