Ditto ‘quicker’ instead of ‘more quickly’.
I hope I’m not alone!
Talking of adverbs, after some school tests a dd of maybe 10 said, ‘English was OK, Mum, but I did really craply at maths.’ ?
My inner pedant (OK, not so inner) was delighted that she’d known to add the ‘ly’!
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