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It would be v. funny if I got that wrong, but I do feel the need to point out that "badly" is indeed grammatically correct here because this is HN and pedantry is always on topic.

People over-correct and feel like they can't use "badly" because there is "feeling badly" discourse [0], but that pertains to "feeling" being a linking verb. "Write" is just your bog standard verb for which "badly", an adverb, is a totally valid modifier.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/do-you-feel-bad-or-f...





This is just a by the by, but in British English "feeling poorly" mostly means that you are ill. Amusingly it's become slightly euphemistic, so if someone is "a bit poorly" they probably have sniffles or a minor fever. If they are "very poorly" then you probably heard it from a hospital and they're just about dead.

Thus "I feel badly" ... "ok, what did you do?" vs. "I feel poorly" ... "ok, I'll get a bucket."




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