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Rule "quite / quiet"
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| Description: | quite / quiet |
| Message: | Did you mean the adjective quiet? 'quiet' means 'silent', 'quite' mean 'very' or 'to a moderate extent'. |
| Category: | Commonly Confused Words |
| Link: | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have_a_quiet_word |
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| ID: | QUIET_QUITE [5] |
| Version: | 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-11 16:45:48 +0000) |