2016年5月3日 · "Quite a bit" and "quite a lot" do mean the same thing. The difference is that "quite a bit" uses "a bit" ironically (saying the opposite of the truth) or in understatement (saying something is less in number or importance than it actually is), while "quite a lot" is literal.

2016年8月2日 · Also, there's an opinion that quite a lot is a literal statement, and quite a bit is an understatement. This means that being an understatement (i.e.a statement that is restrained [marked by avoidance of extremes]), 'quite a bit' may imply an ironic contrast to what might have been said -- for example, 'she is too old' and 'she is quite a bit ...

Very is an adverb used to intensify. Quite is an adverb used to dampen a little. If you say “she is very lovely,” you are signaling to your audience to envision a lovely girl, then dial it up a bit. If you say “she is quite lovely,” you are signaling to your audience to picture a lovely girl, but dial back your expectations just a bit.

2020年2月18日 · The dictionary definition says quite is the utmost, meaning quite a lot > a lot. However, Billy's and rj's observations also apply to AmE. However, Billy's and rj's observations also apply to AmE. In my experience the use of quite is entirely contextual and can be used to express a greater, lesser, or equal amount of emphasis on the noun's ...

2024年12月16日 · "A bit" is an exception to this as it can act as a soft degree modifier. You cannot say "much expensive" either, although you can say "much too expensive". "Much" functions as an intensifier when it is an adverb, but on its own, it functions as a quantifier, and you cannot quantify "expensive".

"A fair bit of" is a British expression meaning "quite a lot of". Longman Dictionary has some examples. They'd have a fair bit of tidying up to do before they left. The insertion of "old" is just a stylistic choice that makes the speech of the character unique and individual. The sentence omits "That". [That] meant a fair old bit of paperwork.

2022年2月11日 · Is it possible to say that "numbers fluctuate quite a lot" in the English language, meaning that they are extremely different? Or it sounds a little bit weird for natives? I want to say that there are a lot of sources providing some kind of statistical information and the numbers or figures "fluctuate quite a lot" from source to source.

But we all know that the word quite can also function as an adverb with the definition: to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree ⇒ this is quite a different problem. or. to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly ⇒ he’s quite an attractive man. and therefore "quite a ..." can also be interpreted as:

2021年6月11日 · Then a different variation of the idiom would have been used, in fact the more commonly quoted variation, "quite a number". We are not finished; quite a little is left to do. There are quite a number of things involved in this question. However with apples I would suggest not quite a little or even quite a number but. There are quite a lot of ...

2016年4月20日 · It isn't quite as lovely as that one. This means it is almost as lovely, but it "falls short" or is just a little bit less lovely than the one we are using as a measuring stick. It is quite as lovely as that one. I would not normally use this form. As stangdon mentioned in the comments, it's very old-fashioned. I would say: