I have read many books say that     they ran fast.   But that sounds wrong compared to      they ran quickly.   Which should it be?
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A  has been asked.  However, is it possible to give (general) differences in usage of  fast, quickly, speedy  and rapidly?  And with respect to : Are quick and fast absolutely interchangeable?
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Did your team win the football match yesterday?         The weather was very bad, so we weren't playing.   vs     The weather was very bad, so we didn't play.   Is the first one not correct? Why is it?
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"the 90s were the best decade ever" or "the 90s was the best decade ever"  "the 90s" and "decade" are both referring to the same singular period of 10 years, so "was" seems to make more sense. "90s were" rolls off the tongue better though.
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I'm a little confused about the following sentences. Could you please tell me which one(s) is/are correct?        The first and the second chapter are difficult.   The first and the second chapters are difficult.   The first and second chapters are difficult.   The first and second chapter are difficult.      I believe #1 &amp; #3 are correct, while #2 &amp; #4 are incorrect.  But when seeing the answers to the Quora question , I wonder why they say #2 is correct.
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I have heard that one ought to turn the pedals at 90rpm. However, I do so much slower, especially while standing, and would like to understand the argument behind this number (or any other number). So:  What is the optimal cadence of a cyclist. Why? Does it depend on the terrain? Does it depend if the rider is sitting or standing upright? What are some possible consequences of deviating too much from the proposed number?  Possible duplicate of , but I didn't find there the "whys" except for "it will grind your knees." However, I find riding upright with slow cadance no more demanding than walking up a hill with a backpack.
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This is something that confuses me from time to time. When making an analogy in literature, is it better to use the phrase "as if" or "as though", or is it completely a style thing?  E.g.      She looked frazzled, as if she had just gotten off of a roller coaster.   or     She looked frazzled, as though she had just gotten off of a roller coaster.
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It is 10 cm on the map. That is 100 km in real terms.   I am proofreading and it seems odd that the writer always uses that in these cases. I would have said this.     Who is right and who is wrong?
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I was reading about various terms for incorrect words, but they didn't seem to fit.  I saw a post where someone said "what do you like to do when you're board?".  That kind of thing.  Also, would that be considered a mistake in grammar?  I didn't think so, but my friend insists it is.  I'm not sure if there even is a word for that kind of mistake, but was just curious about it.  Thanks!
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Which one is correct, or are both of them fine?    "It would take the average person 10 days to read this novel"    Or    "It would take an average person 10 days to read this novel"
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Exceed is commonly used, but when I found myself wanting to use the opposite I couldn't really find a single word that would do it.   fall short of and inadequate are a little off. How about deceed?
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I know I learned the difference between the usage of farther and further in school, but I can never remember where each one should be used.  Can someone help me out here?
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Are both expressions correct? If yes, do they have different meanings? It seems to me that I came across both of them in books, but I'm not sure.
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What the difference between the two?  This description seems to be a bit out of date and underspecified.
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Arthropods have 6 or more limbs and arthropods with 6 limbs appear to move faster than arthropods with 8 limbs so I wonder whether this might have something to do with fast and efficient locomotion. But, this is just a guess. I wonder what the official explanation is, if it exists.
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I have heard from many people that the Flash is faster than Superman. But how do we know this?  Have we ever seen them head-to-head?
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I was correcting an ESL learner who said "It is the way how we write."  I realize "It is the way we write" is correct and "It is how we write" is correct, but "It is the way how we write" looks wrong to me, despite that when I say it out loud it sounds perfectly normal if I'm speaking fast. What I mean is, if an ESL learner said it, it would sound wrong. But when I say it as a native speaker, it seems okay though not felicitous. So I can't tell.  Is it grammatically wrong?
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Most of the time, I use good and well interchangeably. However, on many occasions I would find well or good a misfit. Please suggest the proper usage.