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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
When I was a child in school (back when dinosaurs roamed), we were taught NOT to use a phrase such as "feel bad". Teacher would harrumph, and correct us to say "feel badly"
(PS --- of course, that does have the attraction of absolutely identifying "badly" as an adverb.)
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Yeah, one of those things that everybody said, but wasn't supposed to. And then they acted offended if anyone said "I feel goodly," to show they understood.-)