'Attend something' means to participate in it. For example, you can attend a conference or attend a meeting.
'Attend to something' means to pay attention to it and deal with it in some way. For example, you can attend to a problem or attend to a person's needs. It seems to me that in your context this is the meaning you need so '...should be attended to' would be the correct phrasing.
Yes, of course, i have been to the doctor's many times but fortunately i ve ever been kept once during a examination which has taken hardly an hour. That was only the once I have been slept because they had to put in a long camera in my stomach. Side of that episode, i ve never been that sick. I usually went to the dentist's when i was a kid and i must remove my milk teeth after that my all dentition has been healthy. May we stay healthy longer and longer.
Going to the dentist makes me a little afraid because the sound between the dentist's equipment and my teeth is annoying and hurts a little bit.
On the other hand, going to the doctor is not the same, except for the time you wait until the doctor attends to you.
I'm studying to be a doctor, and I use needles and give injections in volunteering and health campaigns.
Also, when I'm sick, I use tablets and medicines to recover the fastest way possible.
Shout out for your doctor career. I have myself loved to be one but fortunately i ve been carried in another area. I think i might have killed several people if had been one. LMAO. Anyway, i agree with you about the lonnnng wait before the consultation.
I use to go to the doctor from time to time for complaint not checkup the main, My wife prefer to get herbal treatment when she is feeling illness rather than going to doctor or chemist to get medicine.
As of the area in my home country is not having a proper health care centers and such services people are depending on the herbal treatment and if it is not work then there are going to doctor or dentist.
1. In general, yes, that is correct. But in context, 'good' can definitely be used to refer to physical health (e.g. 'I'm going to lay down; I don't feel very good' -- you could also say 'very well' here) and 'well' can be used to refer to one's life more generally (e.g. 'How's your sister doing at uni?'; 'She's doing really well!'). So that's a good general rule, but context is king.
2. Again, the context is really important here, but in general 'I feel bad' is definitely used to speak about our emotional state. We generally say 'I feel bad' to express regret or sympathy. If someone was asking me about how I feel physically, I might say 'I don't feel bad' to say I feel OK, but I'd be far more likely to say 'Not bad' to mean that I feel OK.
It's also worth mentioning that there are also a lot of differing opinions about what proper English is. You can get a taste of this in this article if you're interested.
I wish I could give you less equivocal answers! I hope that helps, though.
Thank you so much for your answers and the article!!!
And I have one more question. If I am to ask a person about their health, should I say "How are your feeling" or "How do you feel"?. And I've aslo seen a variant "How do you feel today?" (in an English workbook by Pearson, but it's about of 2005 year), but isn't "today" a marker for Present Perfect, because today hasn't already ended untill it's about plans like I'm going to,,,,,,,,,today.
Both of those sentences are fine, though they could also be used to ask about someone's emotional state. For example, if a friend's boyfriend had just left her, I could ask the same questions to ask about how she was feeling emotionally. Context is really important.
'How do you feel today?' is correct and, like the two questions you asked about, could be used to ask about health or emotions, though I think it's probably more commonly used to ask about physical health. It is possible to use the present perfect with 'today', but there are many other possibilities:
How do you feel today?
How are you feeling today?
Weren't you going to call the doctor today?
Have you called the doctor today?
When we speak about 'markers' for tenses, these are more like helpful hints for learners than strict rules. What really determines the tense is the meaning we are trying to communicate. The Verbs section of our grammar pages might be useful for you to have a look it if you'd like to review these.
Hello Ahmed Imam,
'Attend something' means to participate in it. For example, you can attend a conference or attend a meeting.
'Attend to something' means to pay attention to it and deal with it in some way. For example, you can attend to a problem or attend to a person's needs. It seems to me that in your context this is the meaning you need so '...should be attended to' would be the correct phrasing.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Yes, of course, i have been to the doctor's many times but fortunately i ve ever been kept once during a examination which has taken hardly an hour. That was only the once I have been slept because they had to put in a long camera in my stomach. Side of that episode, i ve never been that sick. I usually went to the dentist's when i was a kid and i must remove my milk teeth after that my all dentition has been healthy. May we stay healthy longer and longer.
Last year, I visited a dentist doctor , so I had get a tooth ache and doctor was given a injection and tablets ,also I am very happy after care.
Going to the dentist makes me a little afraid because the sound between the dentist's equipment and my teeth is annoying and hurts a little bit.
On the other hand, going to the doctor is not the same, except for the time you wait until the doctor attends to you.
I'm studying to be a doctor, and I use needles and give injections in volunteering and health campaigns.
Also, when I'm sick, I use tablets and medicines to recover the fastest way possible.
Shout out for your doctor career. I have myself loved to be one but fortunately i ve been carried in another area. I think i might have killed several people if had been one. LMAO. Anyway, i agree with you about the lonnnng wait before the consultation.
I use to go to the doctor from time to time for complaint not checkup the main, My wife prefer to get herbal treatment when she is feeling illness rather than going to doctor or chemist to get medicine.
As of the area in my home country is not having a proper health care centers and such services people are depending on the herbal treatment and if it is not work then there are going to doctor or dentist.
Hello!
Could you please answer the following questions regarding expression of our health state:
1. Is it correct to say "I feel good" about our mental health and mood, and I "feel well" about our physical health?
2. I've heard we might say "I don't feel bad" when talking about our physical state, but "I feel bad" about our emotional one only. Is that correct?
Hello howtosay_,
1. In general, yes, that is correct. But in context, 'good' can definitely be used to refer to physical health (e.g. 'I'm going to lay down; I don't feel very good' -- you could also say 'very well' here) and 'well' can be used to refer to one's life more generally (e.g. 'How's your sister doing at uni?'; 'She's doing really well!'). So that's a good general rule, but context is king.
2. Again, the context is really important here, but in general 'I feel bad' is definitely used to speak about our emotional state. We generally say 'I feel bad' to express regret or sympathy. If someone was asking me about how I feel physically, I might say 'I don't feel bad' to say I feel OK, but I'd be far more likely to say 'Not bad' to mean that I feel OK.
It's also worth mentioning that there are also a lot of differing opinions about what proper English is. You can get a taste of this in this article if you're interested.
I wish I could give you less equivocal answers! I hope that helps, though.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello, Kirk!
Thank you so much for your answers and the article!!!
And I have one more question. If I am to ask a person about their health, should I say "How are your feeling" or "How do you feel"?. And I've aslo seen a variant "How do you feel today?" (in an English workbook by Pearson, but it's about of 2005 year), but isn't "today" a marker for Present Perfect, because today hasn't already ended untill it's about plans like I'm going to,,,,,,,,,today.
Hello again howtosay_,
Both of those sentences are fine, though they could also be used to ask about someone's emotional state. For example, if a friend's boyfriend had just left her, I could ask the same questions to ask about how she was feeling emotionally. Context is really important.
'How do you feel today?' is correct and, like the two questions you asked about, could be used to ask about health or emotions, though I think it's probably more commonly used to ask about physical health. It is possible to use the present perfect with 'today', but there are many other possibilities:
When we speak about 'markers' for tenses, these are more like helpful hints for learners than strict rules. What really determines the tense is the meaning we are trying to communicate. The Verbs section of our grammar pages might be useful for you to have a look it if you'd like to review these.
All the best!
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team