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    Common Errors in English: Bad orBadly

    Bad is an adjective; badly is an adverb. Don’t get them confused.

    #I did bad on my English exam.


    I did badly on my English exam.
    #By the time the speech ended, he wanted to go home bad.

    This sentence is possible, if he wants to become a criminal before going home.


    (Perhaps he’s going to murder the speaker?)

    By the time the speech ended, he badly wanted to go home.

    But… remember the rule about sense verbs. If you want to talk about how something
    looks or smells, or how someone feels, use bad.

    She felt bad about forgetting her brother’s birthday.

    Feel good or feel well?

    Q:
    Everybody wants to feel well. Everybody also likes to feel good. What's the difference?

    David Shaffer
    [email protected]

    A:
    Feel well, I think, is used only to refer to a good health condition. Feel good, on the
    other hand, can also be used in this way, but is also very commonly used to refer to a
    good emotional condition.

    Shinichiro Ishikawa
    ([email protected]):

    A:
    So can we say as follows...?

    (Someone sick for a long time in the hospital says to the person visiting him/her:)

    I can't feel well but I feel good this morning.

    Bocchi
    Hiroshima, Japan

    A:
    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.

    So in Bocchi's answer above-"I can't feel well but I feel good this morning"-the sick
    speaker in the hospital is saying that he can't feel healthy, but he does feel happy, or in a
    good state of mind.

    Compare feel good with feel bad (click here). Feel goodmeans to feel happy; feel
    bad means to feel unhappy.

    (Feel badly, as well as feel bad, meaning to feel unhappy, guilty, or uneasy, does exist,
    as described in Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the English
    Language(Longman, 1985, p. 408-409). It has become acceptable, according to The
    American Heritage Dictionary's usage entry under bad. Still, Quirk notes that " there are
    prescriptive objections to the adverb form.badly with feel.")

    RSK

    Good vs. Well


    Good is an adjective while well is an adverb answering the question how.
    Examples:
    You did a good job.
    Good describes job, which is a noun, so good is an adjective.
    You did the job well.
    Well answers how the job was performed.

    Rule: With the four senses–look, smell, taste, feel–discern if these words are being used actively to decide
    whether to follow them with good or well. (Hear is always used actively.)
    Examples:
    You smell good today.
    Good describes you, not how you sniff with your nose.
    You smell well for someone with a cold.
    You are sniffing actively with your nose here so use the adverb.
    She looks good for a 75-year-old grandmother.
    She is not looking actively with eyes so use the adjective.
    Rule: When referring to health, always use well.
    Examples:
    I do not feel well today.
    You do not look well.
    Rule: When describing someone’s emotional state, use good.
    Example: He doesn’t feel good about having cheated.
    So, how should you answer the question, “How are you?” If you think someone is asking about your physical
    well-being, answer, “I feel well,” or “I don’t feel well.” If someone is asking about your emotional
    state, answer, “I feel good,” or “I don’t feel good.” To get around this problem, you could answer, “I feel fine,”
    “I feel great,” or “I feel sick.”
    Quiz
    1. She jogged very good/well for her age.
    2. She had a good/well time yesterday.
    3. With a high fever, it is unlikely he will feel good/well enough to play basketball tomorrow.
    4. Those glasses look good/well on you.
    Answers
    1. well
    2. good
    3. well
    4. good

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