Esta bien dicho "I slept badly or bad at night? Teniendo en cuenta que el adverbio modifica al verbo, iria badly?
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I agree with this. Most common (at least where I live) would be: "I didn't sleep well."To be correct grammatically, one should say "I slept badly." But in colloquial speech "I slept bad" is acceptable. (In reality, few people would ever say "I slept badly.")
I have to take exception with this statement.A teacher should be teaching the correct grammar even if the examples are not often used in speech. The usual colloquial expression is that which Dario de Kansas has given you "I didn't sleep well last night"
It's true that people often say "I slept bad last night" just like people often make other grammatical errors, that does not make it correct.
I would imagine that just about any, non-scholarly site, on the internet or any television show (besides the news) would be representative. American English in particular tends toward informality. There are a number of trends lately that are non-grammatical, but which are gaining cachet (some might say at an alarming rate.) For example: "The boss told Mary and I about it." To be correct grammatically, it should be "...told Mary and me..."So, any colloquial good site? Thanks!
How about "I slept good?" (Or will a Brit always say "well"?) In the U.S. "I slept good last night" would be the preferred phrasing. (We would inquire about one's sleep in the same way: "Did you sleep good?")"I slept bad" is not often heard in England.
In America, educated people say it the same way you do.In England we wouldn't say 'I slept good' only 'I slept well' or 'I had a good nights sleep'
This morning on the way to work, listening to NPR, I heard a senator say (ironically in reference to an education bill) "We have to make sure we do it right; be sure all the right stuff is in there." I'm willing to be this guy has a master's degree.
I take exception to the generalization that one's use of "proper" grammar is a definite indicator of one's education (or, for that matter, that education is a definite indicator of one's intelligence.) Slippery slope![/QUOTE
With respect to intelligence, you're taking exception to something that wasn't said. With resepect to education, it's possible to graduate from the finest universities in the US and know almost nothing about English grammar - it's simply not stressed. It's a failure of our education system that it graduates people who are clearly uneducated with respect to something as basic as English grammar, which clearly represents a deficiency in their education.
Grammatically, there is no difference between "We have to make sure we do it right." and "We have to make sure we sleep good." Which is my point: that prescriptive grammar is fallacious. Descriptive grammar is (should be) the only true measure. It's not how something ought to be said that matters, but how something is said.Re: "We have to make sure we do it right."
Hay un argumento a favor de esto. Esta frase significa «¡Hazlo de manera que es correcto o justo.» No serviría la situación de decir: «We have to make sure we do it rightly.»
If all rules are bogus, then there's nothing to learn, and we're all wasting our time visiting the grammar forum. If, on the other hand, you might want to create the impression that you're a well-educated person, then knowing how "something ought to be said" may come in handy. It's not essential, but it has its advantages.Grammatically, there is no difference between "We have to make sure we do it right." and "We have to make sure we sleep good." Which is my point: that prescriptive grammar is fallacious. Descriptive grammar is (should be) the only true measure. It's not how something ought to be said that matters, but how something is said.
Ultimately prescriptive grammar arises from descriptive grammar...and not vice versa.
Me gusta lo de tu "om shanti". "Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat." (Qué seamos iluminados.)
I apologize if I give the impression that I believe "all rules are bogus", since that is not the case. What I do believe is that there are rules which arise from a preference for what someone (arbitrarily) believes to be the (proper) way things should be done. And then there are rules that describe actual practice. Often such rules arise from an observation of actuality, but if there is one rule that is always true in language, it is that "there's an exception to (nearly) every rule." It may be completely proper to correct someone's misuse of a rule, when they are far off base. But to haggle over nimiedades of whether something in actual use is grammatically correct or not is counterproductive.If all rules are bogus, then there's nothing to learn, and we're all wasting our time visiting the grammar forum. If, on the other hand, you might want to create the impression that you're a well-educated person, then knowing how "something ought to be said" may come in handy. It's not essential, but it has its advantages.
In U.S. English colloquial speech, we mix adverbs and adjectives. Grammatically, it's incorrect though."I slept bad" is not often heard in England.
Neat observation.I think there is a greater tendency in American English to say things like, I slept bad and he did it good because of the strong German and, related, Yiddish influence , in which languages the adverb is often the same as the adjective. But I should imagine that such utterances might be avoided at an interview for a white-collar job, for instance, prescriptive or not.
Interesting observation! And point well taken!I think there is a greater tendency in American English to say things like, I slept bad and he did it good because of the strong German and, related, Yiddish influence , in which languages the adverb is often the same as the adjective. But I should imagine that such utterances might be avoided at an interview for a white-collar job, for instance, prescriptive or not.
I'd have to disagree.Grammatically, there is no difference between "We have to make sure we do it right." and "We have to make sure we sleep good."
I have to agree 100%. Right can be used as an adverb. Good cannot!Hello,
I'd have to disagree.
My Webster's Unabridged Dictionary gives nine definitions for right used as an adverb. The Dictionary.com website lists 11. On the other hand, Webster's gives only one for the use of good as an adverb, and notes that the usage is obsolete.
It appears that the senator was using correct grammar, whereas saying to sleep good is incorrect.
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