The opposite of *badly * is not goodly, which is not a word at all. It is well. That is to say, *well * is the adverbial form of the adjective good, just as *badly * is the adverbial form of the adjective bad.
Why is the “d” not supposed to be capitalized, askeptic?
Er. *Goodly * is a word, but not in that context. Sorry, brain fart.
To determine the declension, start by looking at the principal parts.
Nominative singular masculine, Nominative singular feminine, Nominative singular neuter
1st & 2nd declension adjectives have these endings:
-us, -a, -um or -er, -a, -um;
3rd declension adjectives have these endings:
-is, -is, -e 
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The opposite of *badly * is not goodly, which is not a word at all. It is well. That is to say, *well * is the adverbial form of the adjective good, just as *badly * is the adverbial form of the adjective bad.
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So I can quit avoiding that word, then? Thanks, Oy!
Now I’ll start in on my Mom about it 
And then, perhaps, I’ll learn how to code. :smack:
Yes, you are way cool. Now help me with this.
While we live, let us live.
-imus, -amus, both first person plural endings stuck on to the root vivere. First is present, second is present subjunctive.
What does this have to do with the capitalization of dum, adverb (I think) meaning “while.” Except now I’ve looked it up on the web, and it shows -dum as being a suffix only, meaning (in essence) “for the nonce”. Damn. Is that what you were driving at?
That’s what I get for cribbing from Heinlein. sigh.
Ummm…yes? 
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You’re very welcome! Yes, yours was an example of an excellent rule applied with a faulty premise. Under your application, when could you ever use badly?
“'S truth, thou bringst a badly measure of corn to market, Mistress Smythe!”
Doesn’t work! But the opposites rule is a terrific one in general.
The other rule I always use is to determine when to use nominative vs. accusative (me vs. I). I mentally substitute he/him or she/her in the sentence for I/me. Whichever works - s/he or her/him - is correct for I/me.
pooh. Thanks for the correction! You *are * way cool!
askeptic, while I’ve got you here and we’re totally hijacking anyway, what are the rules for the hortative, and shouldn’t that Heinlein quote being using it rather than the subjunctive, or perhaps subjunctive and hortative, rather than present and subjunctive?
Umm…yes?
Okay, we’ve got several choices here.
You’re bored out of your gourd and deciding to confuse the shit out of me.
I’m confusing you by grossly misusing terms I’m vaguely remembering from 30+ years ago.
Hi, Opal?
The correct terminology for this condition is Cranial Flatulence. 
That should be “Hi, Opal!”
Well if forced to make a choice I guess I would have to pick 3. I think the heinlien phrase would be more accurately rendered in the subjunctive and hortative. I confess to being in over my head though, hence the “?” preceeded by the “Umm”. I am no latin scholar. Sorry if I gave the impression. 
::snort::
As for the OP: I’m one of the worst offenders and, well, I’m really not that sorry, so I guess I’ll have to invite you to kiss my ass now. I post hurredly between steps in experiments or whatever, often don’t have time to proofread, and am not in the habit of previewing. Never was, probably never will be, despite the embarassment it causes me on occasion. Just can’t get worked up about it. Don’t really care if you think I’m a moron or not. If you don’t like bad spelling, don’t read the posts of bad spellers, simple as that. If you haven’t noticed me up to now, I’ll give you a big fucking red flag: I cannot spell. I omit entire words while typing. I repeat words or phrases because I’ll get interrupted mid-post, and can’t be bothered to re-read what I wrote. I’m a total hack, and half the posts I make here are likely the result of some sort of twitchy scatterbrained addiction to data, more than anything resembling careful thought. I fully admit it. Please, please, please: You and all with your objections, put me on ignore. You’re doing yourself a big favor. Bye!
Loopydude, I have the same problem, but generally, when I post, and people point out spelling errors to me, I get pissy because they have nothing to argue against in my post, and yet they are claiming I am wrong, not because they are pointing out important errors. However, generally, I try and not get so upset over it, since generally, it show they don’t have a valid point, unlike when the poster is a member of the grammar brute squad like in this case. Personally, I would advise you not to get so angry about it, least you call someone something regrettable.
Bolding mine
That should be “lest”.
**it’s Its![/b]