Quite\Rather 3

What's the rule? ;-)

either
it depends on how the sentence is used

How did you like your dinner?

A. It's quite good.
B. It's rather good.

:-)

The food would be either good or bad, it depends who prepared it. If I am the one who prepared it so be sure that you are going to enjoy it.:lol:

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Originally Posted by Latoof

The food would be either good or bad, it depends who prepared it. If I am the one who prepared it so be sure that you are going to enjoy it.:lol:

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Um, try:

If I am the one who prepared it you can be sure that you would enjoy it.

(I like spaghetti, and, indeeed, all kinds of pasta. I also like cherry pie. :-D )

(I would be unlikely to use either quite good or rather good, butI dothink that quite good makes a more postive statement. (I prefer very good.))

:-)

In BrE, we use both. They aren't as strong as 'very'. :-)

I understand "quite" in BE often sounds mediocre. Is this correct?
By the way, which is better, "quite good" or "pretty good"?

pretty is American eh?

quite GOOD ("good" being stressed) has a positive meaning-I liked it.
QUITE good ("quite" being stressed) has a negative meaning-I didn't like it.

Sorry for changing the topic.
Please continue "quite" and "rather" discussion as I will ask mine
sometime in the future.