{"id":4008,"date":"2022-12-29T18:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:29","slug":"difference-bad-vs-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/difference-bad-vs-badly","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBad\u201d vs. \u201cBadly\u201d: When (and why) to use one or the other"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">There are many easy mistakes one can make while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/articles?cat_name=writing\">writing<\/a>, and misusing \u201cbad\u201d and \u201cbadly\u201d is a very common one. It\u2019s also a mistake commonly made while speaking\u2014often, \u201cbad\u201d and \u201cbadly\u201d are used interchangeably in casual conversation. 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