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[dishen.patel]

Sentence: "Joe, who hasn't showered in days, smells bad -- however, John, who is suffering from nasal congestion, smells so badly that Joe's odor doesn't bother him at all. (there are 0-2 errors)"

This is suppose to be a perfect sentence and no corrections are necessary. Still, I don't get how you modify Joe in the first phrase (modifier being "bad") and in the second phrase, you modify "smells" with badLY. The structure of both phrases are the same:

Joe smells bad

&

John smells so badly that...

shouldn't both "bad"s' be modifying the noun Joe and John and just be an adj. "bad"?

Thanks.

[RonPurewal]

Sentence: "Joe, who hasn't showered in days, smells bad -- however, John, who is suffering from nasal congestion, smells so badly that Joe's odor doesn't bother him at all. (there are 0-2 errors)"

This is suppose to be a perfect sentence and no corrections are necessary. Still, I don't get how you modify Joe in the first phrase (modifier being "bad") and in the second phrase, you modify "smells" with badLY. The structure of both phrases are the same:

Joe smells bad

&

John smells so badly that...

shouldn't both "bad"s' be modifying the noun Joe and John and just be an adj. "bad"?

Thanks.

nope.
you have to think about the meaning here.

the first part of the sentence is saying that joe's smell is offensive ("joe smells bad").

the second part is NOT saying the same thing about john. instead, it's saying that john's sense of smell is very poor ("he smells badly") because of his illness. so, you want an adverb this time.