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[contiluo]

I'm confused by sentence #1, so I rewrite it as #2. How to correct #1? In #3 and #4, which is better?

1. She often criticizes me for the things I do wrongly or doing things in a wrong way.
2. If I do something wrong, she will condemn my foolish behavior.
3. Although sometimes she is too strict with me, I am very appreciative of the admonitions and concerns she gives me.
4. Although she is sometimes a bit strict with me, I appreciate her admonitions and concerns.

 

[MikeNewYork]

For #1, I would end the sentence with "wrongly". Actually, I would use "wrong".

I prefer #4 over #3.

 

[Matthew Wai]

How to correct #1?

I would use 'How should I' or 'How can I' instead of 'How to' in a question, but I am not teacher.

 

[contiluo]

Do you mean I should correct #1 as:

She often criticizes me for the things I do wrongly. or
She often criticizes me for the things I do wrong.

 

[MikeNewYork]

As I said, I would use "wrong". "Wrongly" is not incorrect, but it is not very common, at least in AmE.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.


I would use the adverb 'wrong' too. 'Wrongly' doesn't mean the same thing.


If you do something wrong you're not doing it right, which, I think, is the intended meaning.


If you do something wrongly you should not have done it.

 

[Matthew Wai]

If you do something wrongly you should not have done it.

If so, does the following mean that the sentence should not have been translated?
'The sentence had been wrongly translated.' - quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wrongly?q=wrongly

 

[MikeNewYork]

No, it means the translation was inaccurate.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I thought so too. And I think the following doesn't mean he should not have made an assumption.
'He assumed, wrongly, that she did not care.'── quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wrongly?q=wrongly

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree.

 

[Roman55]

If so, does the following mean that the sentence should not have been translated?
'The sentence had been wrongly translated.' - quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wrongly?q=wrongly

I am not a teacher.


The point is that 'wrong' is an adverb that means 'not right'. 'You're not doing it right' = 'You're doing it wrong' not, 'You're doing it wrongly'. This was the meaning the OP intended as evidenced by, '…or doing things in a wrong way'.


It will come as no surprise to learn that 'wrongly' has a variety of nuances of meaning, each of which is more or less suitable to a particular case. 'Wrongly' means, 'incorrectly' in your two examples (the second and third from your link), it means 'unjustly' in the first, and 'inappropriately' in the fourth. It can also mean 'mistakenly', 'falsely' and so on.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'You're doing it wrongly'.

If it doesn't mean 'You're doing it in a wrong way', then what does it mean?

 

[Raymott]

Isn't this becoming circular? That's been explained. If you murder someone, your friend might say "You behaved wrongly". Your friend does not mean that you murdered him in the wrong way, but that you were wrong in murdering him.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'You murdered him wrongly.'── You should not have murdered him.
'You treated him wrongly.'── You treated him in a wrong way.
I think what 'wrongly' means depends on the context.
Am I right or wrong? Not a teacher.

 

[Raymott]

Yes, there's no surprise that the context matters.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'You did the calculation wrongly.'── You did it incorrectly.
'You did the ________ wrongly.'── You should not have done it.

Can anyone fill in the blank? I could not think it up, so I asked the question in my post#12 above.