I have another complaint. Ly.
Two innocent little letters. They are so often misused.
My example is the word bad.
If you feel bad you might be ill. Feel better soon.
If you feel badly you are not doing a good job. Think about it for a second. If you are holding a baby badly you might drop it. If you are bad at holding the baby have someone show you how. (Or you might drop it.)
To explain better bad is an adjective used to describe a thing. Badly is an adverb which describes an action.
I hope I was clear enough. We all need to speak more correctly.
The two innocent letters “-ly” are not bad — yet they are so often treated badly.
ReplyDeleteExcellent use of them. I give you an A with a + for using it in a sentence.
DeleteYes I agree with you dear Emma completely 👍
ReplyDeleteThank you. My grammar is far from perfect. My mother tried but I am only human. I simply feel that people who speak for a living owe their audiences the courtesy of speaking correctly.
DeleteEmma, now I feel badly that I do not recall as much of my grammar lessons as needed to understand clearly the differences.
ReplyDeleteNo you feel bad. If you felt badly it would mean you were not doing a good job of it. (Sorry.)
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