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15 March 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Karl Schulte <kschulte01 at alamosapcs.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.15 (01) [E]

Yes, I see what you mean. Quick in this sense may mean agile, speedy
manueverability. I can't imagine a coach, however, saying " Well done,
Joe; you have surely exhibited excellent manueverability!" Thus Quick
and fast. And it always good to be quick, as in "quick and the dead".
Karl

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.15 (01) [E]

>From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
>Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.14 (09) [E]
>
>Karl,
>
>"He runs very fast.")It is odd, but i almost always say "quickly" in
>such a case. Probably because I tend toward a conservative, pedantic
>outlook.
>
>My brother played sports all his life, and when it came to football,
>American of course, he always talked about two concepts of runners. He 
>would
>say that this guy is fast, but that guy is quick. He would mean something
>like this:
>
>Fast meant sheer, raw speed. Those were the players that bust the
>ninety-nine yard touchdowns off the kickoff. Quick players are those that
>may not be able to juke out of a defender's grasp to run for a billion
>yards, but they know what they're doing and they run fast enough to get the
>job done. I'm not exactly hitting the quickness thing exactly on point, but
>that's about what I remember of it. Being fast meant that you have raw 
>speed
>but you may not be able to throw a block at the right time. If you're 
>quick,
>you can't pull huge plays, but you can get there to do your job when 
>needed.
>I hope you see this, and I wonder how this fits into this discussion about
>adverbial markings.
>Ben

My understanding of fast vs. quick in this context is that 'fast' refers to 
the ability to reach high speed in a straight line when unimpeded, while 
'quick' refers to agility or the ability to make sudden changes in direction 
to avoid defenders and get a few extra yards. Someone may not be a fast 
runner, but he can have quick reflexes.

Kevin Caldwell 

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