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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Pretty/quite/rather/fairly

Hi. What is the difference between rather, fairly, pretty and quite in the following example?

Thanks.

It is pretty/quite/rather/fairly quiet
  

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I see no difference that would be consistently agreed to among native speakers, hrsanei.

  • I see no difference that would be consistently agreed to among native speakers, hrsanei.
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I see no difference that would be consistently agreed to among native speakers, hrsanei.
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Thank you very much Mister Micawber for your response.

I will write my own impression about these adverbs, I would be deeply grateful if you could comment on it.

Faily/ pretty means more than a little

quite means very but not very much

rather is like quite but it is used for negative adjectives.

I have heard quite good more that
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Maybe you won't like my comments, though.

Fairly/ pretty means more than a little -- OK

quite means very but not very much- Sometimes; it also means very much: I am quite tired.

rather is like quite but it is used for negative adjectives.-- What's a negative adjective?

I have heard quite good more that rather good and f
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Thank you Mister Micawber for your explanation.

The following link indicates that rather cold or rather hot is more intense than fairly hot/cold.

(http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-non-gradable.htm )

I don't know if the Englishclub is a reliable sou

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