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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Re: The use of badly

i was wondering though... we say "she means well" but can we also say, "she doesn't mean badly"? or "she doesn't mean bad?"

it sounds a little odd to me.
  

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Anonymous i was wondering though... we say "she means well" but can we also say, "she doesn't mean badly"? " it sounds a little odd to me.

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  • Anonymous i was wondering though...
  • we say "she means well" but can we also say, "she doesn't mean badly"?
  • " it sounds a little odd to me.
  • I agree.
  • They sound odd.
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Anonymousi was wondering though... we say "she means well" but can we also say, "she doesn't mean badly"? or "she doesn't mean bad?"

it sounds a little odd to me.

I agree. They sound odd. You should capitalize the 'i'.
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