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Friday, November 2, 2012

Confused Words


Quite and Quiet

Quite means rather, somewhat, entirely, very, fully, etc.
Quiet means still, calm, silent, serene, gentle, peaceful, etc.

It’s quite hot outside.
He is quite rich.
He just wanted to have a quiet nap.
The kids were very quiet, which was rather unusual.