Name: English Tutor Nick P Lesson (300) The Difference Between Quite and Quite a
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Hi this is Tutor  Nick P and this is Lesson 300. The title of the lesson today

is the difference between quite and quite a.  Because there's,  there's

actually a big difference between the two.

Something is quite something and some somebody or something is quite a

something. All right. So let's take a look at the note here. Quite,  simply put it

could just mean very or to a great extent. All right. So let's look at some

examples there. Number one here. It is quite cold today. Yeah it's just simply

it is very cold today or it's cold to a great extent.  I guess you could say that

to that movie was quite funny , that movie was very funny. The cost is quite high.

The  cost is very high or to a great extent high for that ticket. Okay good. All

right now Let's look at quite a . Quite. a basically means of an unusually

exceptional or noticeable type. . So we're really impressed with it. If we say

something is quite a something. All right so let's look at the first one

here. He is quite a good cook. All right.  This means he is like an exceptional

cook. Much better than most of them. . If it was just quiet. It wouldn't make sense. He

is quite good cook. That doesn't he's very good. No. That doesn't make any

sense..   So here 'quite a' basically means

exceptional. Similar to number two. Here she is quite a storyteller. She's an

unusually good or she's  an exceptional storyteller. Okay. Let's look at the third

one. He is known for being quite a good speaker. Again exceptional and usually

good. Much better than the others. Really standing out,  being a noticeable type.

Let's look at number four.  That is quite a collection you have there. All right so

again,  unusual,  maybe unusually large or you know exceptional. Most people's

collections are not that big.  Good and it's good to note this as well.

Quite is often used after a negative.  Meaning a negative word to mean

something is not exactly something. And here's just a couple of examples here.

She was never quite as good as her sister. So she was never exactly as good

as her sister. She was never quite as good and now the second one here. Those

statements are not quite right. They're not exactly right. You know maybe there's

something a little bit wrong about them  or not completely accurate about that.

Okay anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-