hello and welcome to LetThemTalk in today's lesson when do we use WRONG and when do we use
WRONGLY? Learners of English and even native speakers get confused about this
so let's get straight in. As an adjective it's always WRONG “you made the wrong decision.”
“You are wearing the wrong trousers.” “A denim jacket and jeans that's just wrong.”
Now this is important. WRONG has two meanings. Meaning one: incorrect or a mistake
for example; "you have dialed the wrong number.” Meaning two; unjust, unfair, dishonest, “stealing
is wrong.” Meaning two also has a verb “you have wronged me and I shall take you to court.”
with meaning two you get the adverb WRONGLY which you can put before the verb for example;
"I wrongly believed that you were the girl for me.” “Colonel Mustard was wrongly implicated
in the crime.” “You wrongly accused me of stealing your doughnuts,” WRONG is never used as an adverb
before the verb it's always wrongly . However, here is where it gets confusing,
as an adverb with the meaning of incorrect or mistaken as meaning one I mentioned:
Do we say I pronounced the word wrong or I pronounce the word wrongly?
There is a difference of opinion some say WRONG is the adjective WRONGLY is the adverb it's as
simple as that I pronounce the word wrongly but some say it sounds more natural to say
hey you gotta say you pronounced it wrong because that's what people say these days
The third opinion is that both are equally correct and that's what I believe.
I grew up using WRONGLY I pronounced it wrongly so that's what I instinctively say. However,
the other version is probably more common and is absolutely fine so you can say I spelt your name
wrong or I spelt it wrongly. I answer the question wrong or I answer the question wrongly both
versions are equally correct. However, I haven't finished yet after the verb GET and GO use WRONG
not WRONGLY for example; "I got the answer wrong.” Nobody would say “I got the answer wrongly.”
“I did my best but everything went wrong.” I guess that's right
there's more - with meaning two; unjust,
unfair, dishonest even if it comes after the verb it's always WRONGLY. WRONG is wrong for example;
"you treated me wrongly.” Not “you treated me wrong.” “The judge decided wrongly to imprison
the demonstrators.” “He refused to apologize even though he obviously behaved wrongly.” Yeah
I guess that's right it's a bit confusing but I hope this made things a bit clearer and you
won't say it wrong or say it wrongly anymore have a great day see you in the next video