Do you say felt bad or felt badly?

Do you say felt bad or felt badly?

In short, say “feel bad,” not “feel badly.”

Is feeling badly grammatically correct?

To feel badly implies that your sense of touch is not right. When you are referring to a sense of touch, then badly is used as an adverb describing the verb to feel or touch. The correct way to say the sentence is, “I feel bad for him because he didn’t make the cut.”

Do you say so bad or so badly?

There’s no subtle grammatical point, here. The verb, want, is being modified, so you need an adverb (“badly”). The reason you hear “I want it so bad” is just because a lot of people often use adjectives where they should use adverbs.

How do you use the word badly in a sentence?

Use “badly” in a sentence | “badly” sentence examples

  1. He was spitting blood from a badly cut lip.
  2. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries.
  3. The warehouse has been badly damaged by fire.
  4. The car jolted us badly over the rough road.
  5. The engine is misfiring badly on one cylinder.

What is correct I feel good or I feel well?

Both answers are correct. Feel well and be well refer to one’s health. Well in this case is an adjective. This is the only use of well as an adjective-to mean healthy, not sick. Feel good means to feel happy.

How do you use badly correctly?

The word bad is an adjective and should be used to modify nouns and pronouns. Badly, like most words ending in -ly, is an adverb and is used to modify verbs. The thing that trips most people up is that linking verbs such as to be and to feel take adjectives rather than adverbs.

What does so badly mean?

It’s colloquial English. “So bad” means “a lot,” “very much,” “extremely.” EDIT: Here are some older threads that may help: so badly / so bad. I want so bad for you.

When should I use better or best?

When you use best, you say it in absolute terms. While better is used in relative terms. “Better” is a comparative, i.e. it is a relationship between two things. “Best” is a superlative, i.e. it states the position of this one thing compared to all the other things under discussion.

What is good better best in grammar?

These very common adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms….Irregular comparatives and superlatives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most

What is the difference between best and the best?

Thanx in advance! Best and the best are adverbs in your sentences and therefore both are correct and there is no difference in meaning. They normally refer to this subject.

Is bad badder baddest correct?

Some people will joke about it, but “badder” and “baddest” are both incorrect and are not words. It would be “This is bad”. However, if it’s worse than something else, you’d never say “This is badder than that one” or “that one’s baddest of them all”.

Can we say badder?

(nonstandard or obsolete) Comparative form of bad: more bad; worse.

What is another word for badder?

Badder Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for badder?

terribler awfuller
schlockier more dreadful
more atrocious more abysmal
more abominable more appalling
more deplorable more diabolical

What does badder mean in slang?

Word forms: badder or baddest slang. good; excellent.

What is Badest?

Filters. (archaic) Simple past tense of bid (second person) I have done as thou badest me.

What is the baddest song in the world?

Jimmy Webb wrote “MacArthur Park”, which is popularly held as the worst song ever written.

What is the opposite of baddest?

Opposite of superlative for having faults or errors. perfectest. soundest. sturdiest.

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