# "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" - Why is this bad grammar?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winston-tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should-why-is-this-bad-grammar/147911 "2003-01-11T05:48:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winston-tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should-why-is-this-bad-grammar/147911/21 "2003-01-12T15:18:43Z")

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\*Gary T

“I feel badly about forgetting my aunt’s birthday.”

In this case the adverb “badly” is attempting to modify the pronoun “I.” It is not correct.\*

No case for arguing a parallel to constructions such as “I itch badly”? I agree with you in general that it is at least contentious - this is just throwing an idea about - but I don’t think it can be taken as automatic that the “badly” modifies the “I”.

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