Robespierre

Hail, Columbia!

<b>http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/feelsbad.asp</b>

socialworker

HI ira--verbs of sense, (feel, smell, look, taste) are exceptions and take adjectives not adverbs, eg, this tastes bad--not badly--you can go through and do each one w/bad and then you see why &quot;feel badly&quot; is grammatically incorrect, although currently in popular use in spite of not being proper usage....

Robespierre

Ira, it is not the verb that's being modified, but the subject. In the sentence &quot;that smells bad,&quot; the &quot;bad&quot; is a predicate adjective.

If, however, you mean that the subject's sense of smell is defective, then &quot;that smells badly&quot; would be correct.

ira

OK,

I looked it up as well.

I accept the verdict of the Court.

ira

PS,

The dog smells bad.

The dog smells badly.

Have different meanings.

Robespierre

Whew!

jenviolin

Coincidentally, just did this with an EFL class this week:
He died happy.
He died happily.
The former is probably more common than the latter.

NYCFoodSnob

Considering she has been known to pride herself on her pretentious writing style (that is clever, sometimes) and her penchant for grammar semantics, and sometimes correcting others (namely me) on grammar, you guys definitely pulled the &quot;red marker&quot; out on this one.

Even though I got a little chuckle out of this and I always appreciate the grammar gurus offering their corrections, I don't think it's fair to dog anyone on a public forum as if all entries are being submitted for publication. This is a colloquial environment filled with people who speak English as a second language. Not to mention, when thinking faster than the hands can type, mistakes occur.

However, I do LOVE a great editor who knows his or her $hit. Keep up the good work, folks.

Robespierre

To whom do you refer?

Underhill

I wish I knew! I just thought of site versus sight, probably the most mis-used terms on this board.

Robespierre

Can you cite an instance?