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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'bad' v 'badly'
Do you agree with all of these?
He smelled badly. (Something was wrong with his nose.)
He smelled bad. (He stank.)
The team played / performed badly. (Not a good performance.)
The team played / performed bad. (Wrong on all accounts.)
I want to go badly. (Very much so.)
I want to go bad. (Incorrect on all counts.)
I felt bad about it. (It bothered me greatly.)
I felt badly about it. (Wrong on all counts.)
Thank you.
He smelled badly. (Something was wrong with his nose.)
He smelled bad. (He stank.)
The team played / performed badly. (Not a good performance.)
The team played / performed bad. (Wrong on all accounts.)
I want to go badly. (Very much so.)
I want to go bad. (Incorrect on all counts.)
I felt bad about it. (It bothered me greatly.)
I felt badly about it. (Wrong on all counts.)
Thank you.
Top answer
Right, except "He smelled badly" would not be understood the way you say. " His sense of smell was out of whack.
- Right, except "He smelled badly" would not be understood the way you say.
- " His sense of smell was out of whack.
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Right, except "He smelled badly" would not be understood the way you say. It would be taken as a hypercorrect version of "He smelled bad." His sense of smell was out of whack.
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