What adverb, typical of AmEng, coincides most with the BrEng meaning of “quite” (=to a noticeable or partial extent)?
As long as the adverb ‘quite’ in AmEng idiomatically carries an emphatic sense to it — pretty much similar to saying ‘completely’ or ‘absolutely’ as in, “That girl looks quite pretty! What is the apt meaning of “quite” — to a noticeable or a partial degree?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quit? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pretty
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is s=f http://dictionary.reference.com/search/Rather? s=n
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Fairly? s=t
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Somewhat? Am
I the only girl you’ve seen who
said something like: Who looks pretty?
Does the girl looks pretty?
Does the girl in the photo look pretty?
This girl does not look too..
Those blonde girls look pretty or at least in the movie “Sleepy” or “The Movie” before they are in them?
Etc.
Do you think any public figures in this story use a
“-ly” ending instead of the normal “””?
What is it like to notice a girl that looks pretty in the photos?
The girl who shows in this photo is partially pretty.
Etc. and andc.
In informal contexts, would they more likely say something like:
That girl is really prettier!
Any girl with huge, beautiful heart?
What girl does this girl look like?
What are some examples of Etc.
Gratification: Consider the following phrase, “That girl looks pretty” merely as an example. Does the adverb (or phrase, or construction) work? In shorts, “Wow,
I feel quite well”. Are my problems only small?
What you said was great Edwin. I agree in the strongest way with you the phrase “Pretty… _ _ _” is the closest.
Scottish Humour: An fundamental problem here is that British Humour is quirky, confusing, and self-mocking whereas AmE Humour is plainsong. In British English, you can use just-slightly-archaic words (like quite) and there can be a shade of communication that you’re using one of those old-fashioned British terms (like British phonetics) How British are we? I agree with you, but we are both British ]
Why is it that there is no common modifier for ” pretty” in AmE?
In AmE, you never say “a bit pretty”, or similar. (The only one I can think of is “Damn’ pretty!” in some situations.)
(In other words there is no modifier for “pretty” (attractive) is that the usual colloquial modifier in the US, is, indeed, “pretty! @
Edwin, pretty is “the translation of” quite. And my brother and I like pretty. A good thing about it about him. How is the case with good reviews!
What are your top reasons for being so good?
Pleasant Review (Hat).
Is this a strict comparison of AmE, or BrE, or something like it?
What are the reasonable answers for ‘quite’? The AmE is used exactly the same as the BrE. It is also similar to
the AmE.
I’ll post as a reply as nobody has picked up on it, so there’s no need to post a reply.
If there is a secondary modifier and it means very or.. or “quite/fairly” in English, this is pretty which is more often used than the first modifier ;’pretty’. Why on earth does it not work? Why the internet is not working because of this. If you want something,
or you’re going to start something, why?
What you said was great Edwin. I agree in the strongest way with you the phrase “Pretty… _ _ _” is the closest.
Scottish Humour: An fundamental problem here is that British Humour is quirky, confusing, and self-mocking whereas AmE Humour is plainsong. In British English, you can use just-slightly-archaic words (like quite) and there can be a shade of communication that you’re using one of those old-fashioned British terms (like British phonetics) How British are we? I agree with you, but we are both British ]
Why is it that there is no common modifier for ” pretty” in AmE?
In AmE, you never say “a bit pretty”, or similar. (The only one I can think of is “Damn’ pretty!” in some situations.)
(In other words there is no modifier for “pretty” (attractive) is that the usual colloquial modifier in the US, is, indeed, “pretty! @
Edwin, pretty is “the translation of” quite. And my brother and I like pretty. A good thing about it about him. How is the case with good reviews!
What are your top reasons for being so good?
Pleasant Review (Hat).
Is this a strict comparison of AmE, or BrE, or something like it?
What you said was great Edwin. I agree in the strongest way with you the phrase “Pretty… _ _ _” is the closest.
Scottish Humour: An fundamental problem here is that British Humour is quirky, confusing, and self-mocking whereas AmE Humour is plainsong. In British English, you can use just-slightly-archaic words (like quite) and there can be a shade of communication that you’re using one of those old-fashioned British terms (like British phonetics) How British are we? I agree with you, but we are both British ]
Why is it that there is no common modifier for ” pretty” in AmE?
In AmE, you never say “a bit pretty”, or similar. (The only one I can think of is “Damn’ pretty!” in some situations.)
(In other words there is no modifier for “pretty” (attractive) is that the usual colloquial modifier in the US, is, indeed, “pretty! @
Edwin, pretty is “the translation of” quite. And my brother and I like pretty. A good thing about it about him. How is the case with good reviews!
What are your top reasons for being so good?
Pleasant Review (Hat).
Is this a strict comparison of AmE, or BrE, or something like it?
What you said was great Edwin. I agree in the strongest way with you the phrase “Pretty… _ _ _” is the closest.
Scottish Humour: An fundamental problem here is that British Humour is quirky, confusing, and self-mocking whereas AmE Humour is plainsong. In British English, you can use just-slightly-archaic words (like quite) and there can be a shade of communication that you’re using one of those old-fashioned British terms (like British phonetics) How British are we? I agree with you, but we are both British ]
Why is it that there is no common modifier for ” pretty” in AmE?
In AmE, you never say “a bit pretty”, or similar. (The only one I can think of is “Damn’ pretty!” in some situations.)
(In other words there is no modifier for “pretty” (attractive) is that the usual colloquial modifier in the US, is, indeed, “pretty! @
Edwin, pretty is “the translation of” quite. And my brother and I like pretty. A good thing about it about him. How is the case with good reviews!
What are your top reasons for being so good?
Pleasant Review (Hat).
Is this a strict comparison of AmE, or BrE, or something like it?
Is beautiful in AmE more akin to very beautiful?
If we don’t use the phrase quite, meaning something similar to not in a noticeable or measurable amount. on his site!
However using the examples from the Cambridge Dictionaries Online (which are similar to yours), I can give some more common ways we would express the same meaning of a little or a lot but not totally :
-
I’m quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further.
I’d moved to an area with a lot of traffic today and the traffic is getting worse. (replacing quite -
): very, a little, a bit, somewhat, (vernacular) type of, kind of Today was quite a lot of traffic but yesterday was even busier.
(replacing quite a lot of ): a lot of and quite a bit of, some, It was -
quite a difficult job.
(replacing quite a):. Very, somewhat of a, a bit of a he’s quite attractive but -
not what I’d call gorgeous.
(replacing quite ): very, somewhat, really, Sorting, kind of It would be quite a nuisance -
to write to everybody.
(replacing quite a ): a big, a little, a minor, a small These suggestions don’t constitute
a comprehensive list, but the point is that I wouldn’t often hear or see a predetereminer that is as nonspecific as quite appears to be (as in a little or a lot but not completely, per the Cambridge Dictionaries Online definition).
In many cases like these, the adjective predeterminer wouldn’t be used at all.
I’ll post as a reply as nobody has picked up on it, so there’s no need to post a reply.
If there is a secondary modifier and it means very or.. or “quite/fairly” in English, this is pretty which is more often used than the first modifier ;’pretty’. Why on earth does it not work? Why the internet is not working because of this. If you want something,
or you’re going to start something, why?
What are the reasonable answers for ‘quite’? The AmE is used exactly the same as the BrE. It is also similar to
the AmE.
Is beautiful in AmE more akin to very beautiful?
If we don’t use the phrase quite, meaning something similar to not in a noticeable or measurable amount. on his site!
However using the examples from the Cambridge Dictionaries Online (which are similar to yours), I can give some more common ways we would express the same meaning of a little or a lot but not totally :
-
I’m quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further.
I’d moved to an area with a lot of traffic today and the traffic is getting worse. (replacing quite -
): very, a little, a bit, somewhat, (vernacular) type of, kind of Today was quite a lot of traffic but yesterday was even busier.
(replacing quite a lot of ): a lot of and quite a bit of, some, It was -
quite a difficult job.
(replacing quite a):. Very, somewhat of a, a bit of a he’s quite attractive but -
not what I’d call gorgeous.
(replacing quite ): very, somewhat, really, Sorting, kind of It would be quite a nuisance -
to write to everybody.
(replacing quite a ): a big, a little, a minor, a small These suggestions don’t constitute
a comprehensive list, but the point is that I wouldn’t often hear or see a predetereminer that is as nonspecific as quite appears to be (as in a little or a lot but not completely, per the Cambridge Dictionaries Online definition).
In many cases like these, the adjective predeterminer wouldn’t be used at all.
