Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for August 24, 2009
Transcript:
Hairdresser: What do you want done to your hair? Irving: I don't care. Hairdresser: Do you want it shorter? Irving: Don't care! Hairdresser: Layered? Irving: Don't care! Hairdresser: Reshaped? Irving: Don't care! I can't be bothered! HA, HA! I am way too cool to worry about something as silly as hair! Caption: Good hairdressers listen to what you want. The great ones know what you really need.
In that case, “well” is indeed an adjective. The drill the teacher made us do was in regards to having the word describing the subject of the sentence as “doing” something.
Example:
He sings well. The “well” describes how he sings. Adverbs always answer the questions how, when, where, and to what extent something is done.
Wellness in reference to health is always an adjective because it describes an object and not an action.