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Grammar and Linguistics > Bad or badly?
Bad or badly?
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joserik
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Bad or badly?
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Hello, everybody!
Could you help me, please? Is it correct to say "he behaves bad" or "he behaves badly"? Could you justify your answers? Thanks in advance!! |
17 Apr 2010
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ilango_eng
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Hi
he behaves badly is correct because the verb "behaves" is qualified by the adverb "Badly" but not by an adjective "bad". Adjectives do not qualify a verb they only say something about a noun or a pronoun
ilango
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17 Apr 2010
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banska bystrica
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Hello joserik,
I would say "he behaves badly", because "badly" is an adverb... "How does he behave?" "Badly" is the answer. If you want to use and adjective, you could say "He is badly-behaved" or "His behaviour is bad", but I would really prefer the first option, sounds more natural to me.
Bye
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17 Apr 2010
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donz-54
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I think it �s supposed to be "he behaves badly" since u are using an adverb. like we all know that an adverb modifies a verb. here u modify behave.
bad is an adjective. it modifies a noun. for example: he showed a bad behaviour. here you modifies behaviour which is bad.
really hope that it helps.
best regards,
donny |
17 Apr 2010
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joserik
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Thanks so much to all of you.
Things are much clearer now.
Hugs! |
17 Apr 2010
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Fabiola R
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I totally agree with donz-54 and banska bystrica
Their answers are very well explained and clear..
Faby!
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17 Apr 2010
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libertybelle
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He behaves badly is the correct answer because badly is an adverb and describes the verb behave.
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17 Apr 2010
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