Yes, I mean 'You're completely right' by 'You're quite right'.
The word 'quite' has two meanings: with 'gradable' words, it means 'fairly', 'rather' or 'very'; with 'non-gradable' words, it means 'completely' or 'absolutely'.
In other words, you can use 'quite' to emphasize that something is completely the case. You can say 'I'm quite sure', 'It's quite impossible', or 'That's quite amazing'.
So, if I say 'I quite agree with you', I mean 'I agree with you completely', but you may not be that happy if I say 'Your English is quite good' - 'quite good' means 'there's still room for improvement':)
'gradable' - 'a gradable adjective or adverb is one that can be used in the comparative or superlative'
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A quite amazing comment, Josef:) Thanks!
Thanks Seeker!
Quite amazing!
Thanks, Nadira, Onee, Just, bet, Risty!
Geez! Sir Expector, what a saver! For so many years I’ve thought that “quite” is something like “slight”, “a bit”, or “almost” so when I say “you’re quite right”, it means “you’re almost right” for me. This is quite a turnover.
My father is quite unique where he can learn things just by seeing other people doing it.
Your blog is quite educational, I should have thanked you for this.
The contents of that epistle are quite astonishing, I couldn’t agree more.
Sir, the examples given by you are all in present tense. May I possibly use this in all tenses?
Thank you so much
It's really a quite useful tips! Thanks for sharing.
My dearest brother.... I copied from the book saved in my brain... hmm
From which book have you copies this dialog? :D
Han: How are you, Ren?
Ren: I'm quite good. (He's probably rather not good) What about you?
Han: I'm very well, Ren. Do you think Lin will come to visit you this week?
Ren: Yeah, l'm quite sure about it (completely sure)
How about that, doc? Is everything okay with my example? :)
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