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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

fairly/rather

0Can these words be interchangeable? Please help me.02br
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001. The room looks fairly clean.02br
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002. The rooms looks rather clean.02br
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0 I would take "fairly clean" as "moderately or tolerably clean". I am using "rather clean" in the sense that if I have to choose one between "clean" and "not clean", I'll choose "clean". 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 I would take "fairly clean" as "moderately or tolerably clean".
  • I am using "rather clean" in the sense that if I have to choose one between "clean" and "not clean", I'll choose "clean".
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0 I would take "fairly clean" as "moderately or tolerably clean". I am using "rather clean" in the sense that if I have to choose one between "clean" and "not clean", I'll choose "clean". But my dictionary says that "rather clean" is closer to "very clean" than "fairly clean".02br
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0 I understand what you have explained. Thanks for that. But if you have to decide which one you choose so that you get a good mark for example. Thanks. 0-
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0One of my E-J dictionaries explains the difference as follows:02br
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00Suppose a student says "01i00The test was fairly easy02i00". It suggests he feels happy with the easiness thinking that he could pass the test.02br
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00Suppose a student says "01i00The test was rather easy02i00". It suggest he is unsa
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0Thank you Paco. I will decide which one by myself. 02br
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