Grammar fix
rapid growth
quick increase
A situation where something gets bigger, develops, or improves very quickly in a short period of time.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
The city has experienced rapid growth over the past decade.
One major change in my hometown is the rapid growth of the population, which has led to more housing and new schools.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: The city had a rapidly growth.
Say: The city had rapid growth.
'Rapid' (adjective) + growth; 'rapidly' is the adverb ('rapidly growing').
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Swift and accelerated expansion' is redundant; 'rapid growth' is the set phrase.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
rapid growth
- rapid growth
- rapid economic growth
- a period of rapid growth
- rapid expansion