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It's quite common. What's " quite in this sentence. Does it have two meaning? 1.Very common? 2.fairly common?
31 gen 2025 03:04
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You're welcome, but once again, calling someone 'ma'am' makes people uncomfortable ;) It's like you are meeting the Queen or a very old woman, and is also much too formal in this case. Just 'thank you' is absolutely fine and appropriate to be polite or informal to a stranger or friend.
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Yes, "quite" can have two different meanings depending on context and emphasis: "Very common" (to a high degree) – More common in American English. Example: Winning an Olympic gold medal is quite an achievement! (meaning a very big achievement) "Fairly common" (moderately, somewhat) – More common in British English. Example: This phrase is quite common in everyday speech. (meaning reasonably common but not extremely) So, in "It's quite common," the meaning depends on the speaker's variety of English and their intended emphasis. Would you like more examples to see the difference clearly?
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'Quite' (adverb) has two meanings: 1. To the utmost or most absolute extent or degree, eg. absolutely/ completely 2. To a certain or fairly significant extent or degree, eg. fairly In this case, a native speaker would interpret the meaning as 'fairly common'. You could also say 'fairly, somewhat, pretty...' as synonyms. *One small correction to your question: - 2 meanings (plural, with an 's')
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It means you should not be surprised to see or hear of whatever the item might be. So, yes, "very common" or "fairly common" would be good interpretations. If you wanted to distinguish between "very" and "fairly" here, I would take "quite common" to be more like "very common" than "fairly common".
11 ore fa
it means approximately
5 ore fa
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