Option 1 works because quick is an adverb, and can modify the action verb speaks. Option 4 works because of the same principle. Also, "very" may be omitted, if you would like.

Yes, I do not know how that slipped past me. It will not happen again.

Actually, immensely is an adverb. And adjectives do not modify verbs (if that is what you meant), but they can act as subject complements to linking verbs: "The sky is beautiful." In the sentence "I love you immensely," immensely is an

The fiscal in fiscal year is not capitalized unless it starts the sentence.

The Taiwanese should be aloud to decide for themselves whether or not they want to be a part of China. As for the Taiwanese standing up to China, maybe if we sell them enough arms. The U.S. is too occupied with Iraq and the "Axis of Evil" to get

Though a comma should always be used after i.e.

In the first sentence, is the moon a beacon for the earth-bound navigators or are the navigators a beacon for the moon? As the sentence stands, the prepostional phrase "of earth-bound navigators" modifies the noun beacon, telling that the

Parentheses enclose words, phrases, clauses or sentences that are placed within the sentence mainly for explanation or commentary. They are constructions unto themselves, separate from the rest of the sentence: She told him that she would be a

One must place a comma after an interjection at the beginning of a sentence: "Hi, BMO." "Hello, BMO."

The only difference is in formal and informal writing. Generally, to bring something somewhere is to move it toward a point of action or request. To take something is to move it away from that point. When the point of action or request is not the