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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

quicklier/more quickly

Spanish people usually speak ____ than English people. (A) quicklier (B) more quicklier (C) more quickly (D) more quicker

The answer is choice C. Is choice A also acceptable?
  

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No-- though you might hear someone splutter through it in casual conversation.

— Mister Micawber

  • No-- though you might hear someone splutter through it in casual conversation.
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No-- though you might hear someone splutter through it in casual conversation.
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They might, but it also seems to me that a person who is careful enough to use the -ly ending would usually be careful enough to use the form 'more quickly'. In casual conversation, I think the most likely grammatically "incorrect" usage would be 'quicker'.
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