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To: This_far
You wouldn't want them to feel badly. cringe
88 posted on 08/30/2015 11:13:05 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane
You wouldn't want them to feel badly. cringe

Well...perhaps the individual suffers from diabetic neuropathy

(runs for cover)

97 posted on 08/30/2015 11:20:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: ladyjane

Well Done!

2 Wordgirl points for YOU!
bonus points for semi-humility

[you get a semi-for]

(I gotta review my HTML, opportunities lost)


100 posted on 08/30/2015 11:22:10 AM PDT by This_far (WHAT LAWS DO WE GET TO IGNORE?)
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To: ladyjane
You wouldn't want them to feel badly.

I kind of like that usage. Though I think either way it's one of those anomalies of English, isn't it?

"I feel poorly" works better (for me) than "I feel poor."

Did the team play bad or did the team play badly?

I'm trying to think of a similar example...is it only with "feel" as a verb that we like to drop the "-ly"?

I (truly) have a cold and am feeling and thinking poorly!

101 posted on 08/30/2015 11:22:27 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: ladyjane

I don’t think teaching English is a top priority on a school’s agenda anymore. Breakfast, sex, self esteem, and agenda items such as going behind parent’s backs are the priority.

Gee, I hope I used proper grammar in that rant.


110 posted on 08/30/2015 11:24:08 AM PDT by taterjay
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