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What is the difference between “quicker” and “faster”?
What is the correct word to use here and why:
I will get there quicker [than you]
vs.
I will get there faster [than you]
There must be similar adverbs for "slower".
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4answers
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“Lower number” vs. “smaller number”
Is −9 a smaller number than −8?
And is −9 a lower number than −8?
What is the difference between lower and smaller here?
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“More perfect” versus “less imperfect”
"More perfect" is presumably bad English (Preamble to the US
Constitution notwithstanding), since something is either perfect (and
thus can't be improved) or not.
"Less imperfect", however, seems ...
