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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

She makes friends fast but loses them...

Hi

Which one of the following sentences would you advise me to use?

She makes friends fast but loses them as quickly.

She makes friends fast but loses them as fast.

She makes friends fast but loses them in the same manner.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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To be honest, I don't care for any of these very much. For me, the difficulty with this sentence is that variation ("fast"/"quickly") seems artificial, and non-variation ("fast"/"fast") seems repetitious. " Perhaps someone else will have a better idea.

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  • To be honest, I don't care for any of these very much.
  • For me, the difficulty with this sentence is that variation ("fast"/"quickly") seems artificial, and non-variation ("fast"/"fast") seems repetitious.
  • " Perhaps someone else will have a better idea.
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To be honest, I don't care for any of these very much. For me, the difficulty with this sentence is that variation ("fast"/"quickly") seems artificial, and non-variation ("fast"/"fast") seems repetitious. I think things are slightly eased by inserting "just as":

"She makes friends quickly but loses them just as quickly."

Or perhaps we could restructure like this:

"She m
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Hi,

The use of 'but' suggests to me that something will follow that contrasts with 'fast'.

eg Instead of She makes friends fast but loses them as fast,

I'd expect something like



She makes friends fast but loses them faster.

Clive
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Clive
The use of 'but' suggests to me that something will follow that contrasts with 'fast'.


For me, the contrast is in "makes ... loses".
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