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Originally Posted by sjfan
The highlighted is where this goes astray: “bad” is not modifying “feel” or performing any other function of an adverb in this construction.
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Let's just say that I have no idea how native English speakers (and admittedly I am not one of them) get the impression that this must surely be so, rather than find at least two ways to approach the issue. Why should this construction be analysed differently in English than in any other language? Maybe there's a good reason.
https://www.hgpublishing.com/Grammar/Adverbs.html
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I feel bad or I feel badly? Let’s get to one of my pet peeves: feeling badly. I never feel badly. Sometimes I feel bad. Since “badly” has the tell-tale suffix “-ly” we know it is an adverb. So “feeling badly” must mean “not good at feeling.” Like when you reach over in the darkness to feel your lover and accidentally poke her in the eye, you are feeling badly. When she calls you a “clumsy oaf” you feel bad. If you close your eyes and can't tell the difference between a baby's butt and a coconut you feel badly. This has to do with the fact that the verb "feel" can be an active verb or a linking verb. When it's a linking verb, you need to use the adjective. (I’ll talk about the difference between feeling good and feeling well on the page about adjectives.)
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Looks like an overcomplicated formality, to do with just that verb.