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Jesusengland Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Quite is a little stronger than fairly

Hello.

What do we mean when we talk about stronger in this sentence?

- Quite is a little stronger than fairly and rather is a little stronger than quite.

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Adverbs are being used to measure the intensity of an adjective, or another adverb. It is very noisy in this bar. It is extremely noisy in this bar.

— Avangi

  • Adverbs are being used to measure the intensity of an adjective, or another adverb.
  • It is very noisy in this bar.
  • It is extremely noisy in this bar.
  • ( intensifying the adjective "noisy") In which case is the noise more intense?
  • " It smells rather bad(ly) in here.
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Adverbs are being used to measure the intensity of an adjective, or another adverb.

It is very noisy in this bar.
It is extremely noisy in this bar. (intensifying the adjective "noisy")

In which case is the noise more intense? ("More intense" means "stronger.") "Extremely" is stronger than "very."

It smells rather
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I think you have to take the differences between British English and American English when it comes to the word "quite". The Brits seem to use "quite" a little differently than we do in the US. In AmE, the word "quite" is basically used exclusively with a meaning similar to "very".
AvangiYes, I know I never should have used that example.
Probably not.
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