greystroke
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Hi Everyone,
I have to teach a lesson on the use of quite with extreme adjectives ( E.g. Exhausted, soaked, etc) . The teacher's book ( New cutting edge) says Quite can only be used- in British English- with some extreme adjectives like exhausted , soaked, terrible and deafening and not with others like hilarious, huge, etc. Is there some reason behind this? I would like to know -- as my students would definitely like to know!
Thanks ,
Arun
I have to teach a lesson on the use of quite with extreme adjectives ( E.g. Exhausted, soaked, etc) . The teacher's book ( New cutting edge) says Quite can only be used- in British English- with some extreme adjectives like exhausted , soaked, terrible and deafening and not with others like hilarious, huge, etc. Is there some reason behind this? I would like to know -- as my students would definitely like to know!
Thanks ,
Arun