Fast or quick?
Hi Everyone,
How quickly the week has gone.
How fast the week has gone.
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I have a question about 'fast' versus 'quick'.
The two sentences above are fine, so no problem there.
However, what do people make of these next two sentences:
We quickly ran towards the bus.
We fast ran towards the bus.
The second sentence is clearly incorrect.
My question is:
Why?
Thanks
CC 
Top answer
Fast is in the wrong place. It should be: He ran towards the bus fast. (= at a high speed) He quickly ran towards the bus seems to indicate that he began running after a very short time, but it says nothing about how fast he ran.
- Fast is in the wrong place.
- It should be: He ran towards the bus fast.
- (= at a high speed) He quickly ran towards the bus seems to indicate that he began running after a very short time, but it says nothing about how fast he ran.
- CB
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Fast is in the wrong place. It should be: He ran towards the bus fast. (= at a high speed) He quickly ran towards the bus seems to indicate that he began running after a very short time, but it says nothing about how fast he ran.
CB
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