I’m just going to leave this right here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=it's+a+moo+point
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There is a bad one in the latest Chronicle (mine arrived yesterday). In an otherwise good article on Dan Michael’s new (spring loaded) frangible device.
Somehow they have replaced “fusible link” (something that “works” by melting or breaking, like most current frangible devices) with “feasible link” (a plausible connection, like the link between poverty and poor health). The fact that his new devices is NOT a “fusible link” is key to the concept.
I do not know if the author (Lindsay Berreth) did not understand what Dan was talking about, or whether she got it right and an ignorant copy editor “fixed” it.
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Alas, no online journals use copy editors anymore. At least that’s the only explanation I can come up with.
Yes, my paper copy “arrived yesterday”.
I emailed Dan, and he said that the version he reviewed had “fusible”. So SOMEONE changed it to “feasible”.
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You know, escape goats are real. I have some.
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When I was an editor, there was a real problem with typists “correcting” spelling by changing a correct, if unfamiliar to the typist, word to something similar-looking but WRONG.
ETA: It was particularly bad when we used temp agency typists to fill in. One would consistently change “co.” to “company.” Problem was, we worked for a county, not a company. Didn’t she NOTICE?
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OMG.
That HURTS my head.
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???((((____t
Huh?
I thought feeling badly meant you were performing the action inappropriately, as if you were palpating something and didn’t find a lump that was present, you were feeling badly. Or if you were groping along a corridor in the dark and missed the door, that would be feeling badly.
Feeling bad means that your mood or health is bad.
The test of this is saying “He’s feeling good!” or “He’s feeling well!”, not goodly or wellly because good and well are not modifying the verb.
The -ly ending makes it an adverb, meaning it’s modifying the verb.
Help, other grammar pedants! Have I gotten this wrong, all this time?
Edited to correct grotesque and funny typo.
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No.
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Thank you, Sascha,
I was losing it there for a minute.
From Grammerly, better than I said it:
“The word bad is an adjective and should be used to modify nouns and pronouns. Badly, like most words ending in -ly, is an adverb and is used to modify verbs. The thing that trips most people up is that linking verbs such as to be and to feel take adjectives rather than adverbs.”
Emphasis added.
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You’re welcome. And, haha, I just toddled off after leaving my one word response to find a good link for explaining my “No.” and found Grammarly does a really good job.
Link for those that want it: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/bad-badly/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6sHoor-i_QIVihvUAR3OIQG0EAAYASAAEgKBPfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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I had to come here and add this little gem. I was browsing Amazon and found a listing for some modestly priced English spurs with a small rowel. Within the description was this:
The rear end incorporates a rotating rowel design for easy use and smooth rowel that do not harm HORSE. Spur gears with gears can rotate to stimulate the abdomen of HORSE and convey the command of the knight.
So, by wearing these spurs, do I automatically rise to the level of knight? And is it a good thing to stimulate the abdomen of my horse while riding? 
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I think some was either lost or maybe gained in translation, if that was originally Old English or some other language. 
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Best marketing line ever: wear these spurs and become a knight!
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Couldn’t resist looking to see whether anyone made actual grammar pendants for us grammar pedants.
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