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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

adverb or adjective

Somewhere I heard some one told "I have got stung bad". Why Bad and not Badly?
  

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' The adjective 'bad' is wrong.

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  • ' The adjective 'bad' is wrong.
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'I was stung badly.' The adjective 'bad' is wrong.
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Anonymous"I have got stung bad".
It is very informal speech, and quite common now. Strict grammarians consider it incorrect.
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