3.在BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2009) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/上共有34例包含feel badly about的例證；19例包含felt badly about的例證；10例包含feels badly about的例證：　　

2009 She added that these difficulties made her feel badly about herself, gradually undermining her self-esteem.　　

2008 These students tend to feel badly about themselves which predisposes them to being bullied. 　　

2007 And you certainly don’t feel badly about the fact that she’s about to begin a 45-day jail sentence for violating…　　

2006 Probably they feel badly about that, snubbed.　　

1990 Failure makes you feel badly about yourself,…　　

2008 Which helped him come to terms with the things he felt badly about,…　　

2007 I felt badly about it because I really feel strongly that people are entitled to second chances …　　

1990 I felt badly about all of that happening.　　

2009  If she will not because she is fearful her friends would freak, but feels badly about it she most likely is a bystander.　　

1990  I think she feels badly about the way things have gone, but I don’t think she feels terribly…　　

4. 在Lingoes(http://www.lingoes.cn) 之“句酷雙語例句”上共有以下例證：　　

I feel badly about your leaving so soon.  我對你這么早就走感到遺憾。 　　

As for Carl, he’s not himself these days. He’s upset, his nerves are jangled. He says he’s ill, and I believe him, but I don’t feel badly about it. 至于卡爾，他那些天不大對勁，沮喪、經緊張。他說他病了，我相信他的話，不過并不為此不安。　　

I feel really badly about hurting your feelings. I had no idea of the circumstance behind the gossip. 傷了你的心,我真的覺得很難過。我并不了解這閑言碎語背后的真相。　　

 從以上例證可以看出：在美國英語中，早在1928年就存在feel  badly about的用法，而且現在一直仍然在使用；盡管不知道英國英語中何時出現feel  badly about的用法，確定無疑的是feel  badly about是英國英語中的正確用法。由此看來，篇首提到的所謂“誤”句其實不誤，是約定俗成的慣用法。