Fast-paced
I saw this question on internet: How can we keep in this fast-paced world?
Why can't we use fast-pace instead of fast-paced? Are there any rules or logic which help us to form correct adjectives?
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Fast-paced is an adjective and fast-pace isn't. You need to consult a dictionary. Your question is a good one.
- Fast-paced is an adjective and fast-pace isn't.
- You need to consult a dictionary.
- Your question is a good one.
- I am sure that as a person learning English, fast-pace seems nearly as good as fast-paced .
- But you need to use fast-paced as your adjective.
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Fast-paced is an adjective and fast-pace isn't. You need to consult a dictionary.
Your question is a good one. I am sure that as a person learning English, fast-pace seems nearly as good as fast-paced. But you need to use fast-paced as your adjective. Just accept that you need fast-paced. In other words, there are no special rules.
Incidentally, y
0Certain hyphenated adjectives are formed that way, with an adjective and its singular noun:
sure-footed
two-edged
short-lived (an anomaly in that people interpret and pronounce "lived" as a verb)
hard-headed
etc.
0JigneshbharatiWhy can't we use fast-pace instead of fast-paced?
You need the passive form of the verb "pace".
The world is paced (so that it moves fast) is the idea behind fast-paced world.
The same is true of many other similar combinations.
a well-tuned engine < the engine is
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