[header] How to use bad or badly and good or well [title] Determine whether your sentence needs " bad " or " badly ". [step] Locate the word that is being referred to by " bad " or " badly " (this word usually directly precedes bad/badly). If your sentence describes a person, place, thing, or idea, you will need to use an adjective.
[header] How to use bad or badly and good or well [title] Determine whether your sentence needs " bad " or " badly ". [step] Locate the word that is being referred to by " bad " or " badly " (this word usually directly precedes bad/badly). If your sentence describes a person, place, thing, or idea, you will need to use an adjective.
" bad " or " poorly " can only enhance an adjective, not an adverb. If you use the w-word, it should dominate. If your sentence describes both, then the adjective will roughly correspond. If your sentence describes individuals or a specific event, however, your adjective will probably be centralized at the top of the sentence. If it describes an object, place, thing, or idea, you will need to use an adjective. Good or well can be used to describe an object, organism, or idea. Adjectives are typically descriptive words that are used to further identify, or quantify nouns. " bad " is an adjective, so it should be used to identify or quantify nouns in your sentences.