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Anonymous  #524168  Sat, 07 Jun 08 02:12 PM
Hey everyone. Any help would be welcome!

It was a lovely surprise to receive a message so QUICK/QUICKLY from you (I think quickly)

You don't walk as QUICK/QUICKLY as he does (I think...quickly...maybe!)

You need to call her QUICK/QUICKLY (Quickly?)

You need to call her, QUICK/QUICKLY (As there is a comma, I think quick)

Thanks!

  
Mr Wordy  #524185  Sat, 07 Jun 08 03:06 PM

In "proper" conversational and written English, the first three should all be "quickly" (though some dialects might use "quick"). In #3 more people of all persuasions might say "quick" in conversation, or even in informal writing (though never in formal writing). I might myself.

Given the way you've punctuated #4, this, again should be "quickly" in "proper" English in my opinion. "Quickly" qualifies "call" adverbially in the usual way, but there's a slight pause before the "quickly" sentiment is expressed (kind of like "You need to call her ... and quickly.") It is possible for "quick" to be an exclamation that urges the person to hurry up, rather than an adverb qualifying "call". I think that's what you're getting at, but to me an exclamation mark is required, and I'd probably write it as two sentences: "You need to call her. Quick!".

  
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