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Is the following sentence grammatically correct as a command?
"Come fast."
I believe this would be a correct alternative:
"Come quick."
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Is the following sentence grammatically correct as a command?
"Come fast."
I believe this would be a correct alternative:
"Come quick."
grammar adjectives adverbs imperative
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Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
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It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
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Is the following sentence grammatically correct as a command?
"Come fast."
I believe this would be a correct alternative:
"Come quick."
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Is the following sentence grammatically correct as a command?
"Come fast."
I believe this would be a correct alternative:
"Come quick."
grammar adjectives adverbs imperative
grammar adjectives adverbs imperative
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Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
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It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
– TrevorD
2 days ago
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Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
1
It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
– TrevorD
2 days ago
Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
1
1
It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
– TrevorD
2 days ago
It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
– TrevorD
2 days ago
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It depends on what was intended. To invite people to participate in a religious practice of not eating, “come fast” works but “come quick” doesn’t.
Grammar that doesn’t consider intent is a low bar to cross. If a sentence conveys meaning in some context - any context - it’s grammatical. And some would say that’s already too high a standard for grammaticality.
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Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
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Let me ease any discomfort you might feel with come fast as an imperative. The source of that discomfort is probably that you think of fast as adjective rather than adverb. It can indeed be an adjective, as applied to a runner, a car, or (in a sexist pejorative sense) a woman. But it can also be an adverb, as in He ran fast.
The horror of using an adjective where an adverb (perhaps one ending in -ly) seems required is often overblown. Before yielding to it, one should remember not only the New Hampshire license-plate motto "Live free or die" but also the opening line of Lamentations in the King James Version: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!"
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Yes it is grammatical. You can use the the idiom: come thick and fast TFD
To come rapidly and in large quantities (as in an attack).
And, come quick or come quickly works too. It all depends on context and sentence structure.
- Leona, come quick!
- They come fast at times too.
- Papa, Papa, come quickly!
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It depends on what was intended. To invite people to participate in a religious practice of not eating, “come fast” works but “come quick” doesn’t.
Grammar that doesn’t consider intent is a low bar to cross. If a sentence conveys meaning in some context - any context - it’s grammatical. And some would say that’s already too high a standard for grammaticality.
answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
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It depends on what was intended. To invite people to participate in a religious practice of not eating, “come fast” works but “come quick” doesn’t.
Grammar that doesn’t consider intent is a low bar to cross. If a sentence conveys meaning in some context - any context - it’s grammatical. And some would say that’s already too high a standard for grammaticality.
answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
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It depends on what was intended. To invite people to participate in a religious practice of not eating, “come fast” works but “come quick” doesn’t.
Grammar that doesn’t consider intent is a low bar to cross. If a sentence conveys meaning in some context - any context - it’s grammatical. And some would say that’s already too high a standard for grammaticality.
answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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It depends on what was intended. To invite people to participate in a religious practice of not eating, “come fast” works but “come quick” doesn’t.
Grammar that doesn’t consider intent is a low bar to cross. If a sentence conveys meaning in some context - any context - it’s grammatical. And some would say that’s already too high a standard for grammaticality.
answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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answered 2 days ago
LawrenceLawrence
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Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
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Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
Ah, but "Come quick" could mean "Don't come dead". ;-)
– BoldBen
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
@BoldBen Aye. :)
– Lawrence
yesterday
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Let me ease any discomfort you might feel with come fast as an imperative. The source of that discomfort is probably that you think of fast as adjective rather than adverb. It can indeed be an adjective, as applied to a runner, a car, or (in a sexist pejorative sense) a woman. But it can also be an adverb, as in He ran fast.
The horror of using an adjective where an adverb (perhaps one ending in -ly) seems required is often overblown. Before yielding to it, one should remember not only the New Hampshire license-plate motto "Live free or die" but also the opening line of Lamentations in the King James Version: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!"
answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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My quick-running stopwatch endorses this answer.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
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Let me ease any discomfort you might feel with come fast as an imperative. The source of that discomfort is probably that you think of fast as adjective rather than adverb. It can indeed be an adjective, as applied to a runner, a car, or (in a sexist pejorative sense) a woman. But it can also be an adverb, as in He ran fast.
The horror of using an adjective where an adverb (perhaps one ending in -ly) seems required is often overblown. Before yielding to it, one should remember not only the New Hampshire license-plate motto "Live free or die" but also the opening line of Lamentations in the King James Version: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!"
answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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My quick-running stopwatch endorses this answer.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
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Let me ease any discomfort you might feel with come fast as an imperative. The source of that discomfort is probably that you think of fast as adjective rather than adverb. It can indeed be an adjective, as applied to a runner, a car, or (in a sexist pejorative sense) a woman. But it can also be an adverb, as in He ran fast.
The horror of using an adjective where an adverb (perhaps one ending in -ly) seems required is often overblown. Before yielding to it, one should remember not only the New Hampshire license-plate motto "Live free or die" but also the opening line of Lamentations in the King James Version: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!"
answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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Let me ease any discomfort you might feel with come fast as an imperative. The source of that discomfort is probably that you think of fast as adjective rather than adverb. It can indeed be an adjective, as applied to a runner, a car, or (in a sexist pejorative sense) a woman. But it can also be an adverb, as in He ran fast.
The horror of using an adjective where an adverb (perhaps one ending in -ly) seems required is often overblown. Before yielding to it, one should remember not only the New Hampshire license-plate motto "Live free or die" but also the opening line of Lamentations in the King James Version: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!"
answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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answered yesterday
Brian DonovanBrian Donovan
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yesterday
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My quick-running stopwatch endorses this answer.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
My quick-running stopwatch endorses this answer.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
My quick-running stopwatch endorses this answer.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
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Yes it is grammatical. You can use the the idiom: come thick and fast TFD
To come rapidly and in large quantities (as in an attack).
And, come quick or come quickly works too. It all depends on context and sentence structure.
- Leona, come quick!
- They come fast at times too.
- Papa, Papa, come quickly!
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Yes it is grammatical. You can use the the idiom: come thick and fast TFD
To come rapidly and in large quantities (as in an attack).
And, come quick or come quickly works too. It all depends on context and sentence structure.
- Leona, come quick!
- They come fast at times too.
- Papa, Papa, come quickly!
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
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Yes it is grammatical. You can use the the idiom: come thick and fast TFD
To come rapidly and in large quantities (as in an attack).
And, come quick or come quickly works too. It all depends on context and sentence structure.
- Leona, come quick!
- They come fast at times too.
- Papa, Papa, come quickly!
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
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Yes it is grammatical. You can use the the idiom: come thick and fast TFD
To come rapidly and in large quantities (as in an attack).
And, come quick or come quickly works too. It all depends on context and sentence structure.
- Leona, come quick!
- They come fast at times too.
- Papa, Papa, come quickly!
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
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lbflbf
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Come fast, before the cookies are all gone!
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
1
It might depend on which English-speaking country you are in. It doesn't sound correct to my British ears (except in a sexual context!). If you mean you want someone to come to your location very quickly, I would say "come quickly". "Come quick" grates with me, because the phrase requires an adverb ("quickly") not an adjective ("quick").
– TrevorD
2 days ago