This old car vs this quite an old car

[Alexey86]

1. This old car is expensive.
2. This quite an old car is expensive.

Is (2) correct? The quite + adj + noun pattern requires a/an before the adjective, but the sentence already has the determiner 'this'. I mean usually two determiners before a noun phrase would be considered an error (This an old car is expensive.).

[GoesStation]

Number two is incorrect.

[Alexey86]

Number two is incorrect.

Should it be 'this quite old car'?

[GoesStation]

Should it be 'this quite old car'?

I wouldn’t say that in American English because "quite" doesn't work. "This very old car" is okay. This is a matter of word usage, not grammar.

[Tarheel]

It's hard to see why you need to add anything to "old car" but I suppose it's possible.

[teechar]

Use other adverbs, such as "fairly", "rather", "very", "really" instead in such sentences.
Here's a useful reference about the usage of "quite".
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/gra...-grammar/quite

[Alexey86]

Use other adverbs, such as "fairly", "rather", "very", "really" instead in such sentences.
Here's a useful reference about the usage of "quite".
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/gra...-grammar/quite

This rather an old car is expensive.

This sentence is grammatical even though 'old car' is preceded by two determiners, right?

[Piscean]

No. Delete 'an'.

[Alexey86]

No. Delete 'an'.

OK, my main question is about grammaticality of the this + quite + a/an + adj + noun construction.

Suppose somebody thinks the older the car, the higher the price. But one day he sees quite a new and expensive car and says "This quite a new car is more expensive than many older ones." Is it a correct sentence?

[GoesStation]

OK, my main question is about grammaticality of the this + quite + a/an + adj + noun construction.

Suppose somebody thinks the older the car, the higher the price. But one day he sees quite a new and expensive car and says "This quite a new car is more expensive than many older ones." Is it a correct sentence?

No. The construction doesn't exist.