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May 19, 2008, 09:09 PM
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Quick, fast, quickly, english english
1) When to use and not to use Quick, Fast, Quickly?
2)Your english is or Your english are? 3)Good, Well, Nice, same as the 1). ? 
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May 19, 2008, 09:15 PM
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Is this serious?
1) Quick and fast are interchangeable, both being adjectives and adverbs. Quickly shouldn't even belong in that list, though, it's past tense. 2) Your English is. English is definitely singular. 3) Good and well are always mixed up, depends on the situation, though. Cant always interchange them, if at all. I think I took this way too literally.
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May 20, 2008, 03:24 AM
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Quickly is not past tense (it doesn't even have one), it's a word that describes an action...
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May 20, 2008, 05:27 AM
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Asking for English advice on this forum is like asking me the best way to give up smoking...enlightening but hardly trustworthy!
1 - Quick, fast, and quickly - Quick and fast are interchangeable when used as adjectives but not necessarily in other circumstances; "Quick" said John "We'll miss the train!" is correct "Fast" said John "We'll miss the train!" is not 'Quickly' as dj_stick pointed out is an adverb 2 - Your English is/Your English are...'Is' is used where the subject is singular, so in this case the correct one is 'Your English is' because you are talking to one person about their English. If you were talking about the English it would be 'are' as, unfortunately, there is more than one English person (  ). So to recap English (language) - singular - therefore 'is'; English (people) - plural - therefore 'are'.3 - Good/Well/Nice - Good and Nice are both adjectives (used to describe a noun) so they are interchangeable as in 'Good car' or 'Nice car'. On a side note many people dislike the word 'nice' as it has lost any real meaning. My English teacher went nuts if anyone used the word 'nice'. Well - This is a bit more tricky, well can be an adverb or an adjective (can also be an interjection or a noun - but you're not asking about that), however, in general usage it is only used as an adjective when talking about someone's health i.e. 'He is well' means he is not sick... English is (singular!) a bitch of a language because we have so many words that are the same but have different meanings depending on how they are used. |
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May 20, 2008, 07:48 AM
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"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil, You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis Quote:
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May 20, 2008, 08:27 AM
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lol
sorry i failed English in 2nd grade so i forgot all this shit..... all i do is write papers now
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May 20, 2008, 06:33 PM
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"Joe quickly ran to the store", but I just remembered that "Joe is running quickly" is present, so it's not just past.
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May 30, 2008, 09:20 AM
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This reminded me of a site I once found, with all kinds of english (grammar) errors. It gives an explanation as well!
Common Errors in English
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May 30, 2008, 09:31 AM
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DH's Asteroids' Dominator
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Thank you.
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