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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:25 pm
Post subject: BAD and BADLY |
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Which is gramatically correct?
"I feel badly for the family."
"I feel bad for the family."
I am an Anglo-Argentine who immigrated to the US many years ago. My memory is
that my studies in a British school tell me that the former is correct. In the
US though, it appears that the latter is in use. Even Microsoft Word
Spellcheck tells me to use "bad".
Anyone have a comment?
Thank you.
PJ
New Jersey, USA
Thank you for your consideration.
PJ
New Jersey
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:56 pm
Post subject: Re: BAD and BADLY |
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None wrote:
| Quote: | Which is gramatically correct?
"I feel badly for the family."
"I feel bad for the family."
I am an Anglo-Argentine who immigrated to the US many years ago. My memory is
that my studies in a British school tell me that the former is correct. In the
US though, it appears that the latter is in use. Even Microsoft Word
Spellcheck tells me to use "bad".
Anyone have a comment?
As I have already replied in the newsgroup |
misc.education.language.english, the second version is correct - in both
Britain and the USA.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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Doug C
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:54 am
Post subject: Re: BAD and BADLY |
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"None" <pjpowell@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:20040926082521.07524.00001213@mb-m11.aol.com...
| Quote: | Which is gramatically correct?
"I feel badly for the family."
"I feel bad for the family."
I am an Anglo-Argentine who immigrated to the US many years ago. My memory
is
that my studies in a British school tell me that the former is correct.
In the
US though, it appears that the latter is in use. Even Microsoft Word
Spellcheck tells me to use "bad".
Anyone have a comment?
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"I feel badly for the family" would imply, "I'm trying to feel for the
family, but I'm not doing it very well."
--
Doug
--
brain under construction
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John Mazor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:48 am
Post subject: Re: BAD and BADLY |
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"None" <pjpowell@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:20040926082521.07524.00001213@mb-m11.aol.com...
| Quote: | Which is gramatically correct?
"I feel badly for the family."
"I feel bad for the family."
I am an Anglo-Argentine who immigrated to the US many years ago. My memory
is
that my studies in a British school tell me that the former is correct.
In the
US though, it appears that the latter is in use. Even Microsoft Word
Spellcheck tells me to use "bad".
Anyone have a comment?
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The general rule is that when the verb is a condition of being, the
descriptor goes to the subject, rather than the verb, of the sentence, so
use the adjective form rather than the adverb, which normally modifies a
verb.
-- John Mazor
"The search for wisdom is asymptotic."
"Except for Internet newsgroups, where it is divergent..."
-- R J Carpenter |
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