Bob says you know about gardening. Yes I know quite a lot. Here the speaker is emphasising that they know a large amount. For example look at the following sentence about running: I am quite fast.
This means that I am not very, very fast. I am not Usain Bolt! Compare that with: I am quite fast. This means that I am definitely fast. Araucaria - Not here any more. I'm not quite following this answer although it has helped rather a bit I take it rather functions the same way as quite here. My lack of understanding flows from your seeming emphasis that either quite or the other word bit, lot, few is usually or often emphasized when the phrase is used, but in my experience as a native speaker of American English such phrases are said with "even" stress, without stressing either quite or the other word.
Could you speak to this? Or am I misunderstanding your meaning? So I would find the meaning in the unstressed phrase as a whole and not on a stressed portion. The same for quite a bit , etc. AlanCarmack You may have missed the "otherwise and especially if" part of the answer - which indicates that there may be no marked stress.
However, this answer is slightly simplified for learners who don't know a lot about pronunciation. AlanCarmack However, if the nucleus falls on the last word, then it just gives the idea of a large amount. When the pitch movement involved in the nuceus is very marked this idea is being emphasised. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked 2. A family building a home in a rural area can save quite a bit on building costs with the use of composting toilets, eliminating the need for sewer line or septic tank installation.
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I've bracketed the bits of text that could be omitted. That salmon was very expensive so make sure you eat up every bit. Words meaning small pieces and amounts. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Short in time. Some and quite. Slow and moving slowly. Masses and large amounts of things. Tearing and breaking into pieces. Linguistics: intensifying expressions. Horse riding. Computer concepts. UK , old use a coin representing a small amount of money :.
Compare two bits US informal. Payment methods. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: British money. Informal words for money. Grammar A bit. Piece words and group words. Piece words. Idioms be a bit much. We need every bit of evidence we can find. We showed a little bit on videotape.
A bit or a little bit can mean slightly or to some degree :. We found the dinner a little bit of a disappointment. Idiom chafing at the bit. IT the smallest unit of information in a computer's memory :. Can I run bit programs on a bit computer? Examples of bit. Since the image synthesizer has a 7- bit resolution for the spatial phase, it permitted gratings to be displayed at distinct phases. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Above or over? Across , over or through? Advice or advise? Affect or effect? All or every? All or whole? Allow , permit or let? Almost or nearly? Alone , lonely , or lonesome? Along or alongside? Already , still or yet?
Also , as well or too? Alternate ly , alternative ly Although or though? Altogether or all together? Amount of , number of or quantity of? Any more or anymore? Anyone , anybody or anything? Apart from or except for? Arise or rise? Around or round? Arouse or rouse? As or like? As , because or since? As , when or while? Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides?
Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than? Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for?
Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest?
Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt?
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