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Snappy Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Very exhausted or quite exhausted

Some Japanese English teachers say (a) is wrong and (b) is correct, but I do not understand why (a) is wrong.

(a) I'm very exhausted. (b) I'm quite exhausted.
  

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The difference of "very" and "quite" is in the interpretation of the words. To me, "very" has a slightly heavier weigh in meaning, meaning more tired in this case. I am quite interested doesn't equal to I am moderately interested.

— Anonymous

  • The difference of "very" and "quite" is in the interpretation of the words.
  • To me, "very" has a slightly heavier weigh in meaning, meaning more tired in this case.
  • I am quite interested doesn't equal to I am moderately interested.
  • That said, there is not wrong with saying " I am very exhausted".
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The difference of "very" and "quite" is in the interpretation of the words.

To me, "very" has a slightly heavier weigh in meaning, meaning more tired in this case.

I am quite interested doesn't equal to I am moderately interested. That said, there is not wrong with saying " I am very exhausted".
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"very" and "quite" are really the same thing. Which one someone uses depends more on custom (region, vernacular) than anything else.

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Snappy Some Japanese English teachers say (a) is wrong and (b) is correct, but I do not understand why (a) is wrong.

Your teachers gave you good advice back in 2009. You can be very tired because there are degrees of tiredness. If you are exhausted, you can't get any more tired than that. It has a fixed value, and you can't qualify it with "very". "Quite" i

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SnappyI do not understand why (a) is wrong.

'exhausted' means 'as tired as it is possible to be'.

'very exhausted' means 'more tired than it is possible to be'. It's a logical impossibility.

CJ

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