Timeline for "I need to wash my hands bad[ly]"
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 1:34 | comment | added | Fortiter | I am not sure what circumstances might "force .. to work with the sentence as given" but, if you are, then there is no sense in which it can be made "more correct"; just a little less badder than it is. | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 1:22 | vote | accept | Wesley Tansey | ||
| Jan 7, 2013 at 0:58 | comment | added | JLG | I think they're both not ideal. I guess if forced to choose one, I'd choose I need to wash my hands bad, and risk sounding colloquial. I need to wash my hands badly sounds like you're not going to do a very good job of the washing. | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 0:54 | comment | added | Wesley Tansey | Right, but if you were forced to work with the sentence as given, which one is more correct? Or are they both just equally wrong? | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 0:52 | history | answered | JLG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |