Comments on: Adjectives and Adverbs: Forms for Comparison

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:25:27 +0000

The link is in the right-column of the blog as the RSS symbol near the bottom of the column and is http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/feed/

By: Wintress

Wintress — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:32:50 +0000

Hi Jane,

I’d love to subscribe to your RSS feed, but I don’t see a link. If you get a second, please email it to me @ wintress@thewritersforhire.com.

Great blog here!

By: Cristine

Cristine — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:58:48 +0000

Hi to you Jane,

thank you for your blog…

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:15:49 +0000

I understand now. Thank you very much once again. Your prompt reply is much appreciated.
Warm regards.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:50:30 +0000

Thanks, Josh. Use “quicker” as an adjective. Example: She has a quicker wit than all her friends. BUT She thinks more quickly than all her friends.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:05:05 +0000

May I say Jane that your website is amazing; just what I have been looking for. I have on question though: when do we use ‘quicker’ instead of ‘more quickly’ and vice versa? This has confused me a little and although you page was a big help, I still could not find an answer to this.
I’m looking forward to a reply.
Thank you very much, Jane.
Regards.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:09:49 +0000

1. on J’s 4/5 comments:
“Merriam-Webster:
Function: adverb
: in a quick manner”

This is a mistatement of fuction in the example! “Quick” modifies the noun “manner”; that makes it an adjective. (Why don’t we use “adnoun” instead?)

2. citing common usage often means acceptance of a sub-group language, doesn’t it? For least pejoration, how about “casual spoken” vs. “formal” or is that enough separation?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:38:54 +0000

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, quick, quicker, and quickest are all adjectives. Note: “In speech, ‘quick’ is commonly used as an adverb in phrases such as ‘Come quick.’ In formal writing, however, ‘quickly’ is required.”
The Random House Dictionary states pretty much the same thing.

By: J

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:12:21 +0000

It’s in the American Heritage Dictionary:
ADVERB: Inflected forms: quicker, quickest
Quickly; promptly.

And Merriam-Webster:
Function: adverb
: in a quick manner
http://m-w.com/dictionary/quick

So I don’t see what’s wrong with “She spoke quicker than he did.”

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:27 +0000

I don’t understand how you can say that “quick” is an adverb. If I say, “I went for a quick jog,” “quick” is an adjective describing “jog.”