Peter was quite/rather exhausted after the work in the garden.
quite
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I’ve quite/rather forgotten to call my friend.
quite
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Quite/Rather a number of people gathered near the Town Hall.
quite ( quite a/an + noun without an adjective).
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Mila’s little boy seems to be quite/rather intelligent for his age.
quite ("quite" is positive; we often use "rather" for negative ideas).
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I didn’t expect much of the film, but it turned out to be quite/rather interesting.
rather (When we use "rather" for positive ideas (good/nice, etc.), it means "unusually" or "surprisingly").
15
John’s plan was quite / rather interesting, but quite/rather complicated.
quite, rather ( "but rather" indacates that something opposing to the earlier is being said. So "interesting" is positive and "complicated" is negative).
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I don’t quite/rather understand what you mean.
quite ("quite" + verb)
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There are quite/rather a few English books in my home library.
quite
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The child has got a quite/rather bad cold.
rather (we can use "rather" before or after a/an).
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I am quite/rather proud of that sweater; I’ve never knitted anything so big before.
quite ("proud" is positive)
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The food was excellent, but the wine was quite/rather poor.
rather ("poor" is negative)
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This room is quite/rather big. Is there a smaller one free?
rather ("big" is negative for the client. He/she is dissatisfied).
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Erik seemed quite/rather surprised when I mentioned it.
rather ("rather" + participle 2)
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Little Tim is quite/rather an artist and everybody admires his pictures.
