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sweet
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:03 pm
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Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and 'badly' are?
(ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.) |
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Gerry
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:03 pm
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"sweet" <sweet@khu.ac.kr> wrote in message
news:3018fgF2ocvrmU1@uni-berlin.de...
| Quote: | Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and 'badly'
are?
(ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.)
I was awakened at 3:00 AM by my wife's groaning of "I feel bad!". I was |
groggy with sleep, which made me feel badly for the light switch-- so badly
that I knocked over the lamp. |
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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:06 am
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sweet wrote:
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Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and 'badly' are?
(ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.)
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This was separately posted to AEU. I posted an answer there.
Knowing this may be of some help to those of you who are (a) curious
or (b) lazy.
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Bob Lieblich
Who is both |
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Bob Cunningham
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:14 am
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:06:38 -0500, Robert Lieblich
<Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> said:
| Quote: | sweet wrote:
Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and 'badly' are?
(ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.)
This was separately posted to AEU. I posted an answer there.
Knowing this may be of some help to those of you who are (a) curious
or (b) lazy.
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If you look bad, you don't look good; if you look badly, you
don't do a good job of looking. |
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:33 am
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"sweet" <sweet@khu.ac.kr> wrote in alt.usage.english:
| Quote: | Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and 'badly' are?
(ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.)
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First, a bit of logic:
"I feel bad" = I feel an unpleasant or sad emotion, such as guilt or
shame or pity. "Bad" is a predicate adjective, parallel to "I feel
sick" or "I feel happy".
"I feel badly" = I am not very adept at feeling.
That said, "I feel badly" I so extremely common for "I feel bad",
and the _logical_ meaning of "I feel badly" is so seldom needed,
that I think we have to regard "I feel badly" as equivalent to "I
feel bad".
One possible reason for the confusion is the the opposite of "I feel
well" could be "I feel sick" (i.e. not well) or "I feel badly" (i.e.
not skillfully).
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa-
days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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Stan Brown wrote:
| Quote: | "sweet" <sweet@khu.ac.kr> wrote in alt.usage.english:
Can you compare and tell me what differences between 'bad' and
'badly' are? (ex: I feel bad.
I feel badly.)
First, a bit of logic:
"I feel bad" = I feel an unpleasant or sad emotion, such as guilt
or
shame or pity. "Bad" is a predicate adjective, parallel to "I feel
sick" or "I feel happy".
"I feel badly" = I am not very adept at feeling.
That said, "I feel badly" I so extremely common for "I feel bad",
and the _logical_ meaning of "I feel badly" is so seldom needed,
that I think we have to regard "I feel badly" as equivalent to "I
feel bad".
One possible reason for the confusion is the the opposite of "I
feel
well" could be "I feel sick" (i.e. not well) or "I feel badly"
(i.e.
not skillfully).
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I'm feeling bad about this. I don't think I've ever heard anybody say
"I feel badly" when meaning "I feel ill". Where I think I _have_
heard it, occasionally, is as preamble to an apology.
I think there may also be a regional difference in BrE. In Wales "I
feel bad" will always mean "I feel ill"; but in England I think it
more likely to refer to _mental_ state.
Mike. |
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Frances Kemmish
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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Mike Lyle wrote:
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I'm feeling bad about this. I don't think I've ever heard anybody say
"I feel badly" when meaning "I feel ill". Where I think I _have_
heard it, occasionally, is as preamble to an apology.
I think there may also be a regional difference in BrE. In Wales "I
feel bad" will always mean "I feel ill"; but in England I think it
more likely to refer to _mental_ state.
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Back in Derbyshire, you sometimes heard "I feel badly" or "I was badly"
for "I feel ill" or "I was ill", from people of my parents' generation,
I think. I don't recall hearing it anywhere else in England.
Fran |
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Sara Lorimer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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Frances Kemmish wrote:
| Quote: | Mike Lyle wrote:
I'm feeling bad about this. I don't think I've ever heard anybody say
"I feel badly" when meaning "I feel ill". Where I think I _have_
heard it, occasionally, is as preamble to an apology.
I think there may also be a regional difference in BrE. In Wales "I
feel bad" will always mean "I feel ill"; but in England I think it
more likely to refer to _mental_ state.
Back in Derbyshire, you sometimes heard "I feel badly" or "I was badly"
for "I feel ill" or "I was ill", from people of my parents' generation,
I think. I don't recall hearing it anywhere else in England.
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I've heard it here in the USA, many, many times. I can think of one
friend in particular who says it -- why do we remember these things but
forget birthdays? -- she's in her thirties.
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SML |
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