You did incredible. vs You did incredibly.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'You did incredible.' is correct when 'incredible' is used as an adjective to describe the action. 'You did incredibly.' is correct when 'incredibly' is used as an adverb to describe how the action was done.

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This phrase is correct when 'incredible' is used as an adjective to describe the action.

"You did incredible."

This phrase is used when 'incredible' is describing the action itself, such as 'You did an incredible job.'

Examples:

You did incredible work on this project.
You did incredible things today.
You did incredible feats of strength.
You did incredible damage to the car.
You did incredible harm to your reputation.

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What you did today was incredible.
Albert... what you did today was incredible.
What you did was pretty incredible.
Eph, what you did... was incredible.
I mean, what you did is just incredible.
Denny, you did an incredible job.
You did an incredible thing today.
What you did for me is incredible.
What you did up top was incredible.
You did an incredible thing today.
Whatever you guys just did was incredible.
You know... even if you're not sure, you still did an incredible thing.
You got around, didn't you? Incredible.
Billy, you didn't tell me how incredible your wife was.
Baby, the interview you did at the premiere was incredible.
So you did not find the idea of suicide incredible?
You didn't get The Incredible Hulk from that?
Look, what you did back there, winnowing down the victim pool, that's kind of incredible.
It's incredible, you experienced a historic moment and you didn't appreciate it at all.
Actually, I can, because you did such an incredible job, telling Sarah's story, all of these stories, bringing them to life.

Alternatives:

You did an incredible job.
You did something incredible.
You did an incredible feat.
You did incredible damage.
You did incredible harm.

This phrase is correct when 'incredibly' is used as an adverb to describe how the action was done.

"You did incredibly."

This phrase is used when 'incredibly' is describing how the action was done, such as 'You did incredibly well.'

Examples:

You did incredibly well on the test.
You did incredibly fast in the race.
You did incredibly good work on the project.
You did incredibly hard on the task.
You did incredibly poorly in the game.

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I thought what you did was incredibly brave.
I'm glad your friend is okay, but what you did was incredibly dangerous.
And... and what you did was incredibly difficult.
What you did was utterly irresponsible and incredibly dangerous.
Because when you take out that last piece of gold - and they did incredibly quickly.
What you did was an incredibly brave thing.
That was incredibly smart what you did.
It was an incredibly brave thing you did, coming forward like that, taking responsibility.
I think she is an incredibly, incredibly attractive person.
There's something incredibly romantic about vanquishing the undead.
It was an incredibly discomforting image.
Large cell lymphoma Is incredibly aggressive.
Which sounds incredibly noble until you kill someone.
Travis' suicide was incredibly shocking to all of us.
That's incredibly risky given the increased police presence.
Eye contact with a scene partner is incredibly distracting.
I thought it was incredibly sweet.
Something incredibly powerful was sitting here.
Whoever did this is incredibly strong.
I feel incredibly useful right now.

Alternatives:

You did incredibly well.
You did something incredibly.
You did incredibly fast.
You did incredibly hard.
You did incredibly poorly.

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