Verb Tenses: PRESENT: I see the aardvark. PAST: I saw the aardvark. Past Perfect: I had seen the aardvark.
Such a simple rule! Seen must have a helping verb.
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I scream and gnash my teeth when I hear news commentators say, "I feel badly."
Bad is an adjective. Badly is an adverb [words ending in ly with/ a few exceptions].
- I is the subject of the sentence.
- Feel is a linking verb. [Remember the linking verbs:is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, seem,appear, feel, grow?]
- Adjectives follow linking verbs, Feel is a linking verb. Bad is an adjective. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBadly is an adverb.
- Therefore, the correct construction is "I feel bad."
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