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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/08/a_little_lesson_in_grammar/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 16:06:59 -0400A little lesson in grammar<![CDATA[There have been a couple of comments about my post on Jodi Kantor’s piece in Sunday’s New York Times that take issue with my use of the word “badly.” “What if,” I wrote, “some harm comes to the junior McCain? Would she [i.e., Ms. Kantor] feel badly about that?” One tutelary spirit wrote in to observe en passant (and ungrammatically) that “More correctly, the question would be ‘Would she feel bad . . .'” (The chap should have written something like “It would have been correct to say that . . .”) “Davis,” another would-be benefactor, followed suit with this: “By the way, it’s ‘feel bad,’ not ‘feel badly.’ You’re a bad writer because you write badly, but I don’t feel sadly about it.”]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:20:41 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/04/08/a_little_lesson_in_grammar-n114685