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November 24, 2009

Rather vs. Quite

Remember:

"Quite" with gradable and non-gradable adjectives

The meaning of the adverb "quite" changes according to the type of adjective we use it with:
adjectivequite =
It's quite warm today. gradablefairly, rather
Are you quite certain?non-gradablecompletely, absolutely

Over here you can practice the use of both adverbs.
Quite vs. rather
Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

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