In the above example 'fast' is an adjective. However, as you may well be aware, 'fast' is also an adverb, which can be confusing. The basic guideline would be: noun (+ verb 'be') + as + adjective + as - as you have

Hi GG Did you actually read my post? For if you had you would have see the following: The fact that other posters appear unaware of the existence 'out of question' as a collocation should show you that this phrase is not common in modern spoken

Viceidol wrote: My grammar books keep stressing that the word " take " is only used to refer to "how much time you have spent", and it cannot be used to refer to "how much money you have spent." However, there's a different opinion in my

Anonymous wrote: Out of Question, has not been used in American English. Interesting you should say this as the 1913 dictionary to which people are refering is Webster's Revised Unabridged English dictionary ... Now... I always

Out of question - unquestionably/without any doubt: "But out of question 't is Maria's hand.'' - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night: http://www.fullbooks.com/Twelfth-Night-or-What-You-Willx30943.html Out of the question - not possible:

According to John Wells at University College London: "I do not understand the proposed distinction between Mainstream RP and Contemporary RP (unless the writer thinks, wrongly, that ‘contemporary’ means ‘young’)." You can read more of what

Yankee wrote: Hi Tam I certainly did not intend my comment as a comparison of formal written UK English and informal US spoken English. I have to say I find it insulting that you think I would even consider making such a comparison. My comment

Yankee wrote: Hi Pucca And, as Marius also mentioned, we Americans tend to use the simple past tense somewhat more often than our British cousins do. Who says? Don't confuse EFLese with English. They are two completely different things.

Although, 'gotten' is no longer used in UK English, let's not forget though that in the UK we still use this 'archaic' form of 'gotten' as a past participle of 'get' as in: for get - for got -for gotten

Or "That's okay by me."