I’ve always hated “seldom”. It just sounds so wrong to have an adverb not ending in -ly. It should clearly be seldomly. Or you can just say “rarely” which means exactly the same so idk why we need two words for the same thing.
I suppose well is common enough that it’s become naturally integrated and I don’t notice it. seldom is much rarer so hasn’t hit that saturation point where I stop noticing it. And it just feels more egregious when you can say rarely instead, a much more common word.
Idk, I know it’s a perfectly cromulent word but it just sounds wrong to me.
I’ve always hated “seldom”. It just sounds so wrong to have an adverb not ending in -ly. It should clearly be seldomly. Or you can just say “rarely” which means exactly the same so idk why we need two words for the same thing.
So do you say “goodly” instead of “well”?
I suppose
wellis common enough that it’s become naturally integrated and I don’t notice it.seldomis much rarer so hasn’t hit that saturation point where I stop noticing it. And it just feels more egregious when you can sayrarelyinstead, a much more common word.Idk, I know it’s a perfectly cromulent word but it just sounds wrong to me.