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Old 26-Nov-2006, 11:16
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Default Re: Quite\rather

I don't agree with her- quite can go both ways- quite brilliant vs quite good, and there are differences between BrE and AE over what 'quite ill' means. With the 'hot' examples, I see little or no difference in BrE- quite/fairly/rather hot seem the same to me.
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