Tuesday 8 November 2011

quite quiet

quite and quiet 
Since these two words are pronounced differently they should cause no bother, but they do!

quite, adverb, rhymes with white, quite white
quite easy
quite a lot


quiet, the adjective, has 2 syllables and is quite an unusual spelling! I can't think of another word in English that is similar. For an aid to memory how about as quiet as ET?
Also quietness, quietly.

the quiet man
all was quiet
quietly spoken
be quiet!


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