The fox zipped off quick/quickly.

Jpr

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Can someone please tell me which or if both are correct in the English language. It is a stand alone sentence so nothing else contextual to it.
“The fox zipped off quick”
Or
“The fox zipped off quickly”

Thank you for your time John-Paul Rye
 

emsr2d2

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Can someone please tell me which or if both are is correct in the English? language. It is a standalone sentence so there is nothing else contextual to it.

1. “The fox zipped off quick.
Or
2. “The fox zipped off quickly.

Thank you for your time.

John-Paul Rye This is unnecessary. We simply go by our usernames here.
Please note my corrections above. Your member profile shows that you are a native English speaker. As such, learners on the site will expect to see correct English in your posts. (If you're dyslexic or are a late learner to reading/writing, please make that clear.)
Whenever you give us more than one sentence to consider, please number them. It makes it much easier for us to refer to them in our responses.
 

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As a native speaker, I guess you're sensing that they both sound okay. The first may be heard in informal non-standard English, but it's not strictly 'correct' to use quick as an adverb in that way.
 
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