Proper use of certain English adjective and adverb forms of a word can be elusive because of what they describe. One such pair is bad and badly. The word bad is an adjective that modifies nouns and pronouns: She was in a bad accident. The word badly is a
If you’re not sure which of these fundamental words to use in these situations, watch this grammar lesson to erase your doubts. In it, I look at when to use adjectives and when to use adverbs. After this, you can apply the rules for bad and badly to other adjectives and adverbs. ...
You’re right that there’s a useful distinction between ‘I smell bad’ (because I haven’t had a shower today) and ‘I smell badly’ (because I have a cold and my nose isn’t working). But dropping the -ly off adjectives is an idiomatic phenomenon where the intended meaning is the...
One of the most common adjectives used to describe bad bosses is they're a**holes. Some casually toss that term around as if it's some kind of absolute. The truth is that we're all a**holes some of the time. Half the time you're the a**hole and the other person is just react...
The person who is called a ‘babaca‘ usually did something stupid but not as bad as an ‘arrombado‘. I’m sorry. You’re browser doesn’t support HTML5 Caralho Caralho is one of the bad words in Portuguese used to describe the male sexual organ. Other bad words in Portuguese with...
There are different ways of being direct and it depends on the situation on which to use, but in any case you shouldavoid using colorful adjectives or similesto describe their breath. For example: don't say stuff like"your breath smells like vomit/sewer gas/rotten eggs','have you been ea...
The recreation of the gallows scene in the Georgian era by leading crime historians has been deservedly praised for its authentic contemporary picture of eighteenth-century executions.1 The stimulus for doing this original research was, Vic Gatrell remar
A person who likes grammar might say,Every time I open a grammar book, my heart fills with joy.When you are listening to music or reading in English, pay careful attention to how the speakers or writers describe repeated actions. Take note of how they use adjectives such as every and ...
When we try to meet our experience with the Judgmental Why, we don’t develop wisdom – instead we develop confusion based on the superfluous adjectives “justified” and “unjustified.” We can meet our experience in a more direct way without the Judgmental Why: We can recognize that somethin...
Everything happens for a reason. Better luck next time. While the intentions may be in the right place, these phrases don’t do much to truly make someone feel heard. Instead, they take attention away from the person’s feelings and may reflect your discomfort with the bad news. ...