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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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can you say he is rather slender these days
  

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Yes, you can. But if you happen to be writing it, please use proper punctuation and capitalization. Thanks, - A.

— Avangi

  • Yes, you can.
  • But if you happen to be writing it, please use proper punctuation and capitalization.
  • Thanks, - A.
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Yes, you can.
But if you happen to be writing it, please use proper punctuation and capitalization.

Thanks, - A.
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This question about the fairly uncommon phrase "rather slender" seems to crop up surprisingly often on these forums. Is it in a popular textbook perhaps? Just curious.
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"Rather slender" is big in AmE, although too many of us are rather fat. I wonder if it's less popular in BrE.
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Google hits:

"very slender" 676,000

"quite slender" 86,900

"rather slender" 231,000

"very slim" 839,000

"quite slim" 77,700

"rather slim" 65,300

What do you suspect might be a more common way of expressing it, MrWordy?
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AvangiWhat do you suspect might be a more common way of expressing it, MrWordy?
Oh, I have no problem with "rather slender", but if you look at http://www.
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AvangiGoogle hits:

"very slender" 676,000

"quite slender" 86,900

"rather slender" 231,000

"very slim" 839,000

"quite slim" 77,700

"rather slim" 65,300
I get completely different numbers for these. I am not mentioning this because I am in any way quibbling with your assessment of "rather slender", just becau
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Copy that.

I've often suspected that many of our learners are taking the same course at the same time. These similar questions come in waves.

Hey, but now that we're used to Google, could we ever live without it?
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