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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

(chess)quite

Hi.
Is it that 'the king becomes quite a strong piece' means exactly the same as 'the king become truely a strong piece'?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

No, quite strong means moderately strong . Clive

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  • No, quite strong means moderately strong .
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No, quite strong means moderately strong.

Clive
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Sorry, the sentence is:

Is it that 'the king becomes quite a strong piece!'

Why is the comma then if it means it becomes a moderately strong piece?
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exclamation mark, sorry.
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soheil1becomes quite a strong piece
I'd say it's equivalent to 'becomes considerably strong'.

CJ
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soheil1What about 'completely'?
I don't think so. The concept of being "completely strong" doesn't seem entirely meaningful. A door can be 'completely closed', but it's hard to see how it could be 'completely strong'.

CJ
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Why is the exclamation mark then if it means it becomes a moderately strong piece?

All one can say is that the writer chose punctuation that emphasizes the statement.
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What does it mean that:

This **** is going on quite a journey!
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It's embarking on an eventful and unusual sequence of moves.
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