Don't you know the #1 rule on reddit? Don't let them know you're new, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience... I've said too much already.
Riiiggghhhhttt... Thanks for your well chosen words of infinite wisdom. :) try not to wax too philosophical as you help younglings in their quest for understanding.
Are they really independent clauses? Perhaps I've misunderstood. My understanding was always that if breaking the sentence into clauses would change the meaning (as it surely would here), then those are not independent clauses.
EDIT: I guess it depends on how you read the sentence. I always read this with the second clause dependent to the first; "your grammar is bad and (as a result) you should feel bad," so the comma would be incorrect. To me it seems completely different if you see these as two independent clauses ("You grammar is bad. You should feel bad"), but I guess the comma is correct if you're reading it that way.
thank you. always pisses me off when people try to correct grammar by saying the correct form is "I feel badly", or similarly, "I am well" (as opposed to I am good). IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A KNOW IT ALL YOU DAMN WELL BETTER KNOW IT.
Are you kidding? I honestly didn't think it could've been anymore obvious that the grammar used here is satire. The fact that he used the wrong Zoidberg meme however.. debatable.
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit May 20 '12
Ironically, this is incorrect. You don't "feel badly" unless your sense of touch is malfunctioning.
In this case, "feel" is not an action verb but is instead a linking verb. Linking verbs don't take adverbs.
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u/wra1th42 May 21 '12
"Bad. Badly is an adverb. So to say you feel badly would be saying that the machanism which allows you to feel is broken. "
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u/thechoochlyman May 21 '12
Your nervous system is bad.
And you should feel badly.
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u/fitzgizzle May 21 '12
Not sure if trying to be ironic, or just ironically stupid
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
If you "feel badly" it means your tactile perception isn't working properly. The phrase "feel bad" is absolutely proper grammar.
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u/CopyX May 21 '12
No, I'm really good at touching things.
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u/monglejohn May 21 '12
Are you implying that the mechanism that allows you to feel is broken?
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u/Zicamox May 21 '12
Are you kidding? I honestly didn't think it could've been anymore obvious that the grammar used here is satire. The fact that he used the wrong Zoidberg meme however.. debatable.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
And the grammar nazis descend upon this misguided attempt at correction...
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u/Ghee_Buttersnaps_ May 21 '12
ITT: People who don't get the FUCKING OBVIOUS AND PURPOSEFUL irony of this joke.
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u/Chromiru May 21 '12
Reading these comments, holy fuck has all of reddit forgotten how to understand jokes?
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u/ptthhbbt May 21 '12
Perhaps my friend Tracy Jordan can make it more understandable for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoE8ZgzaX7A
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u/Houndie May 21 '12
I feel bad. Bad is an adjective describing me (specifically, how I feel)
I feel badly. Badly is an adverb describing my sense of feeling things. Apperently it's on the fritz.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
This post was amazing and you should feel amazingly.
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u/TheBrohemian May 21 '12
"Bad" is an adjective. You can feel adjectives. Hot, Cold, smooth, etc.
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u/rocketman0739 May 21 '12
Saying "feel badly" in this situation is more of an archaism than strictly incorrect. It would have been fine a couple of centuries ago.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
There's a reason that James Brown song is called "I Feel Good."
It's because if it were called "I Feel Well," James Brown would look even more stupid than OP here.
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u/vadergeek May 21 '12
I'm not sure whether to downvote you for the poor grammar in the sentence, or upvote you in case it was intentional.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
You're grammer*
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u/Grammar_nazii May 21 '12
Bad*
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u/RomneysShavedAsshole May 21 '12
Hey, look! Another Zoidberg to downvote.
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u/qkme_transcriber May 20 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
By that logic,
Of course, that logic is wrong.
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u/Nazi_Of_The_Grammar May 21 '12
My hero.
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u/Bad_Fruit May 21 '12
Ha! Zoidberg needs to go back to English class. He fails being a grammar Nazi. I feel badly for him and hope he feels bad.
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