Should We Really Feel Bad About ‘Feeling Badly’?
DEAR MR. LEDERER: Please clarify the distinction between bad and badly. My question is especially relevant now that recently accused politicians are “feeling badly.” Isn’t that what got them in trouble? – De Vee Lange, Scripps Ranch The adjective bad, meaning “unpleasant, unattractive, unfavorable, spoiled,” is the usual form following such linking verbs as look, […]