Wrong

She did it ____.

  • wrong

    Votes: 25 58.1%
  • wrongly

    Votes: 9 20.9%
  • Either could be used.

    Votes: 9 20.9%

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Tdol

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Which works better?
 

mcamarillas

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Which works better?

Both are correct, either wrong or wrongly can go with this sentence.
The adverbial wrong always follows the verb, but it needs an object because isn't gramatically polite (he answered the question wrong). And wrongly can go either before or after the verb (e.g., he was wrongly imprisoned by the state; the state imprisoned him wrongly).
 

Tdol

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You have the third option for that. ;-)
 

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Both are correct, either wrong or wrongly can go with this sentence.
The adverbial wrong always follows the verb, but it needs an object because isn't gramatically polite (he answered the question wrong). And wrongly can go either before or after the verb (e.g., he was wrongly imprisoned by the state;the state imprisoned him wrongly).

Thanks.
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Charlie Bernstein

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I've never heard wrongly used that way. I've only heard it used like this:

- She was wrongly accused.
- She was accused wrongly.

Could this just be a difference between British and America usage?
 

jutfrank

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This is nothing to do with British or American usage.

Only wrong is possible here.

However, you could make an argument that adding a comma before wrongly is possible. This would be using wrongly as a comment adverb modifying the clause She did it.

She did it, wrongly. = It was wrong of her to do it.

But, without the comma (or in speech a pause) the final adverb would be a manner adverb modifying the verb did.

She did it wrong. = She did it in an incorrect way.
 
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