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Wholly vs. quite #1 (permalink) Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:01 am   Wholly vs. quite
 

Test No. incompl/inter-39 "Yes, Yes, Yes", question 1

I am sure you made the right choice and I ......... support your decision.

(a) fairly
(b) quite
(c) considerably
(d) wholly

Test No. incompl/inter-39 "Yes, Yes, Yes", answer 1

I am sure you made the right choice and I wholly support your decision.

Correct answer: (d) wholly

Your answer was: incorrect
I am sure you made the right choice and I quite support your decision.
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Could you please explain to me why "wholly" is the correct answer?
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Wholly vs. quite #2 (permalink) Sun Dec 19, 2004 16:45 pm   Wholly vs. quite
 

If you think that somebody has made the right decision you should support them wholly or totally.
Quite means rather or to a certain extent which doesn't fit here.
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Wholly vs. quite #3 (permalink) Fri Mar 13, 2009 14:14 pm   Wholly vs. quite
 

hi!
i have used fairly . Can you tell me why wholly not fairly
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Wholly vs. quite #4 (permalink) Fri Mar 13, 2009 18:02 pm   Wholly vs. quite
 

Hi Khumri64

You can use "fairly supportive", for example, to indicate that the degree of the adjective "supportive" is more than average, but less than very.

If the verb "support" is used with the adverb "fairly", the word order would usually be "support fairly", and the word "fairly" would normally mean "in a fair or reasonable manner".

Tosten wrote:
Quite means rather or to a certain extent which doesn't fit here.
The word "quite" is also commonly used to mean "completely" or "to the greatest extent". It is very often used with this meaning in negative constructions (e.g. not quite finished), but it's not really possible to completely rule out this meaning in an affirmative construction:

- I quite agree.
- I don't quite agree.
- Quite the opposite is true.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite

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Wholly vs. quite #5 (permalink) Sat Mar 14, 2009 14:26 pm   Wholly vs. quite
 

thank u for responding me
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