treat me unfair or unfairly?

Bärbel Jezuita

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Jun 4, 2001, 11:53:01 AM6/4/01

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Hello everybody!
Can you help me with these questions, please. Do you say "he treats me
unfair" or is it "he treats me unfairly"?
What preposition must I take? to hang up posters at / in / on different
places.
What`s the difference between "I feel good" and "I feel well"? And can you
feel well at or in a game?
Thank you in advance
Yours
Christin

Polar

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Jun 6, 2001, 10:38:04 PM6/6/01

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On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:53:01 +0200, "Bärbel Jezuita" <b.je...@gmx.de>
wrote:

>Hello everybody!
>Can you help me with these questions, please. Do you say "he treats me
>unfair" or is it "he treats me unfairly"?

Unfairly. It is an adverb that modifies the verb "to treat".

You can say "He is unfair to me". That is a predicate adjective.
It describes "him".

>What preposition must I take? to hang up posters at / in / on different
>places.

"At" is the best of the three choices you offer.

"On" would apply if you're talking about a wall.

>What`s the difference between "I feel good" and "I feel well"?

"Good" describes your emotional state. "Well" describes your
physical state.

And can you
>feel well at or in a game?

Not too clear on what you mean.

Do you mean while playing a game?

Or do you mean being skilled at a game?

Perhaps if you give a sentence we can deal with it.

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Polar

Bärbel Jezuita

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Jun 5, 2001, 10:16:56 AM6/5/01

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Hello Polar!
Thank you for your help. I meant "feel well in or at game" while playing it.
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Polar

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Jun 7, 2001, 8:55:12 PM6/7/01

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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:16:56 +0200, "Bärbel Jezuita" <b.je...@gmx.de>
wrote:

>Hello Polar!

>Thank you for your help. I meant "feel well in or at game" while playing it.

I doubt if a native speaker would construct a sentence like that.

We might say: "I feel as though I'm playing [the game] well today."

Physical state

or

"I feel good about the way I'm playing [the game] today."

Emotional state.

Does this help?

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Polar

Odysseus

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Jun 7, 2001, 8:59:34 PM6/7/01

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"Bärbel Jezuita" wrote:
>
> Hello Polar!
> Thank you for your help. I meant "feel well in or at game" while playing it.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I think "I enjoy
(playing) the game" would be more usual; you could also say "Playing the
game makes me feel good."

--Odysseus

Gwyneth Box

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Jun 10, 2001, 6:59:31 AM6/10/01

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"Bärbel Jezuita" wrote:

> Hello everybody!

Hello,

>
> Can you help me with these questions, please. Do you say "he treats me
> unfair" or is it "he treats me unfairly"?
> What preposition must I take? to hang up posters at / in / on different
> places.

I'd say to hang up posters at different heights, on different walls, in
different rooms.

If I had a poster on the wall and then moved it I'd say I'd hung it in a
different place.
(well, actually, I'd probably say I'd hung it somewhere else.)

g.