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Fastly
Fast is a flat adverb, meaning it works adverbially without the -ly ending. Fastly is superfluous.
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Fast is a flat adverb, meaning it works adverbially without the -ly ending. Fastly is superfluous.
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Adaptation is the preferred form, but the less common adaption is old and is not considered incorrect. They share all their definitions.
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Mass nouns—i.e., uncountable things such as rain and courage—come in amounts. Count nouns—i.e., countable things such as people and dollars—come in numbers.
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to bring about destruction. The past tense of wreak is wreaked.
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Discrete = separate or distinct. Discreet = cautious, reserved, or modest.
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That is generally used for inanimate things and animals, and who for humans, but this non-rule is widely broken.
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Who: nominative. Whom: objective.