I got a dilemma with choosing the right form in a sentence. 1. I wanted it so badly (we can often hear in everyday conversation) 2. Then I typed: I screwed up so badinto google and amazingly got many
entries.
Badly is an adverb and correct grammatically. Bad is an adjective and although it is in common use it's wrong.
Badly is an adverb and correct grammatically. Bad is an adjective and although it is in common use it's wrong. Yes, but why do people use "bad" sometimes and I mean native speakers.
I got a dilemma with choosing the right form in a sentence. 1. I wanted it so badly (we can often hear in everyday conversation) 2. Then I typed: I screwed up so badinto google and amazingly got many entries. The only difference is that 'bad' as an adverb is nonstandard. Nonstandard does not mean incorrect or wrong. That's an incorrect assumption to make. Casual speech often uses certain "adjective" forms as adverbs. Results 1 - 10 of about 12,400 English pages for "wants it badly". Results 1 - 10 of about 42,100 English pages for "wants it bad". Results 1 - 10 of about 295,000 English pages for "want it bad". Results 1 - 10 of about 144,000 English pages for "want it badly".
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I have a dilemma... Why are you learning English? If it is to chat on the Internet, then yes, grammar becomes irrelevant, and you need only the highly restricted vocabulary of an 8 year old. You will not be required to articulate thoughts and feelings, other than to say you think something is 'kewl', 'awesome' or 'it sucks'. Last edited: Mar 9, 2008
I have a dilemma... Why are you learning English? If it is to chat on the internet, then yes, grammar becomes irrelevant, and you need only the highly restricted vocabulary of an 8 year old. You will not be required to articulate thoughts and feelings other
than to say, 'kewl', 'awesome' and 'it sucks'. You do indeed have a dilemma, David. You seem to have a terribly skewed idea of what constitutes grammar. It doesn't at all resemble that of language science. Why should ESLs be satisfied with simplistic responses like,
"It's wrong/incorrect. You should/must do this and that". How could answers like these help them function successfully in all the social registers of English? The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language The aspects of some prescriptive works that we have discussed illustrate ways in which those works let their users down. Where being ungrammatical is confused with merely being informal there is a danger that the
student of English will not be taught how to speak in a normal informal way, but will sound stilted and unnatural, like an inexpert reader reading something out of a book. Is it correct to say 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 badly in a sentence?He played badly but I played even worse. The failure reflects badly on the administration. She wanted the job badly.
How do you say you want it so bad?after. adverb. informal wanting to get something that belongs to someone else.. badly. adverb. if you need or want something badly, you need or want it very much.. could use something. phrase. ... . covetous. adjective. ... . desperate. adjective. ... . envious. adjective. ... . gasping. adjective. ... . insatiable. adjective.. |