Why does some people get confuse with following words *quite* and *quiet*?
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Students get confused due to their close pronunciation.
Quiet is an adjective that means lack of noise. Quite is an adverb used to emphasize. It's easy to misspell the two.
In every language there are words that sound alike. In Chinese, for example, shoe and mouse are the same word, just the tone is different. The character is also different. Also, “the horse way” often sounds like “mothers way” when I say it. Rrrrrrrr
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Because at a glance they look so similar. They also sound the same, and thanks to autocorrect, people often end up using the wrong one while writing text messages.
- Dodo
Quite is an adverb that means "totally" or "really" Quiet can be an adjective to describe something that is making little or no noise.
"Quiet" is an adjective which means lack of noise and a peaceful situation. "Quite" is an adverb which means "completely" ," to a great degree" or "actually".
- NesrinA Lecturer in Tripoli university. Master in TESL One year experience in International knowledge
Because of the similarities of the letters, sometimes when you learn a new language with words that are similar in letted your mind gets confused but learners will be better with practice
Yes I agree lots of times, Ive seen people using wrong word. They get confused between these two
Quite simply means of doing something in seldom times. Meanwhile, quiet simply tells to be "silent".
I honestly cannot say why, but I know that they do get confused, including native speakers
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