Can anyone help me with these two problems?

Question

Which word is supposed to be used:

She writes neat/neatly, but reads bad/badly.

The boys felt bad/badly because they lost.

My answers:

1.neat and badly

2.bad

Answer 1

1. neatly, badly

2. bad.

3. i am 100% sure

Answer 2

She writes neatly.

The boys felt bad.

Answer 3

i would put "She writes neatly, but reads badly

and "The boys felt bad because they lost.

~still in grade school~ =^_^=

Answer 4

The plural nature of the word is not an issue in this case.  You may be good or the dog may be bad.   You behave poorly, or  feel badly, though.  If I behave badly, I am bad.  Did I make sense? It is my understanding that "good" and "bad" are words that modify be verbs and verbs of being.  I can be bad.  I can feel badly.  She is neat because she dresses neatly.  I am not positive about issues like the phrases "looks bad" but I believe they were slang terms that were inculcated into the language at one time.   This is a great question!

Answer 5

neatly and badly and for the second sentence Bad. English Major speaking here.

Answer 6

1. Neatly and Badly

2. bad

Answer 7

1. neatly/badly

2. bad

Answer 8

1.neat and badly

2. bad

Answer 9

1) neatly and badly

2) bad

Answer 10

neatly and badly

They're adverbs and they modify (mainly)verbs and adjectives.

2- bad

It's an adjective. I'm not sure of the technical jargon/reason, but a few verbs like

feel, look, is...

are modified by adjectives, not adverbs.

Most, but not all, adverbs end in ly, and are just adjectives that have ly added to them.

Answer 11

neatly and badly reason being "writes" and "reads" is plural.

Answer 12

1. neatly

2. badly

3. bad

hope this helps! ^_^

Answer 13

1.neatly/badly

2.badly

Answer 14

She writes neatly - neatly is the adverb that modifies the verb write. But reads badly - same thing - badly is the adverb that modifies reads.

The second one is the same thing - the boys felt badly because they lost -- but you are going to get a lot of argument on that one, because colloquial usage is 'felt bad'. So you have a choice of correct usage or colloquial usage.

Or, you could say you have a choice between American English and UK English.

Answer 15

1. neatly/badly;  both are adverbs that modify the verb writes/ reads

1. badly;   also an adverb modifying the verb felt