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I wrote something a little while ago that put me in mind of the discussion here some time back on the difference between less and fewer, and when each should be used.
I was saying that I had telephoned someone and that I had gotten through faster than I'd expected to.
Should I have said more quickly than I'd expected to? Are there rules or customs re: when one should use fast and when quick is more proper?
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furthermoreover, and in the second place, sport commentators talk about being fast and being quick as being two separate things.
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Fast for body and quick for mind? Maybe?
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Jackie: I think it's your choice.
tsuwm: Sometimes they seem to be interchangeable, sometimes fast means able to get from one point to another in a short time and quick means able to make moves with the hands, feet, or head in a manner which fools or evades the opponent or gets one to the ball, puck, etc. more expeditiously than said opponent. There can be a difference, but they blend.
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I'd say, at least in the context of American football (and probably real football, too), fast means being able to get from one end of the field to the other in a short period of time. Quick involves being able to do it without being interfered with by opponents.
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I find I use QUICK more to measure time
and FAST as an indicator of speed!
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I find I use QUICK more to measure time
and FAST as an indicator of speed!
I think that is my way of going at the problem as well.
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Fast food, speeding down the highway!
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