STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Andrea Julia · Coach

stupid question

honey · Gucci

i'm no english expert (hence the earlier post). i've heard well read, but i've never heard of well -written. i would think that the proper way to say it would be written well, with well being an adverb (or something like that.)

Suze · Nine West

You can say that a paper or book is well written. I don't it should be used to describe a person because that would be like saying that person was written, so it wouldn't make sense unless you were talking about a character in a book or something. I'm not an english expert either, but I have a professor for a father who tried to beat some grammar into me when I was growing up.

kenzie · Chanel

Yes, it is. But not if you are referring to the fact that you can write well. It is an adjective that refers to a person as knowledgeable about literature and having read alot of books

-- Edited by NylaBelle at 09:22, 2005-01-28

gruiz · Kenneth Cole

I can't find "well written" at http://www.m-w.com, so I would guess it's not a word.

"well read" is in there, but the definition of that is what NylaBelle is saying: "refers to a person as knowledgeable about literature and having read alot of books"

kenzie · Chanel

quote:
Originally posted by: gruiz
"I can't find "well written" at http://www.m-w.com, so I would guess it's not a word. "well read" is in there, but the definition of that is what NylaBelle is saying: "refers to a person as knowledgeable about literature and having read alot of books" "

Actually, I looked well-written up on dictionary.com and that's the answer I got. So, it is a word according to the dictionary.

gruiz · Kenneth Cole

quote:
Originally posted by: NylaBelle
"So, it is a word according to the dictionary."

It's a word according to a dictionary. I guess somebody needs to compose a "well written" letter to Noah Webster informing him of his oversight.