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Subject: [OM] Re: Another AP article full of praise
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:05:20 +0000
We're all sticklers about something then, Frugal ... :-)

[you infinitive-splitter, you!]
Chris
~~ >-)-
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On 24 Nov 2005, at 15:40, Andrew Dacey wrote:

> One of my personal pet peeves with grammar though is the mis-use of
> adverbs with the verb "to feel". For example, "I felt badly...".
> Depending on the context of the sentence, "I felt badly" would mean
> that either your sense of touch or your ability to feel emotions was
> impaired in some way. In most cases the person means to say that they
> "felt bad". I suspect the confusion arises from the fact that well can
> be used both as an adjective or an adverb.


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