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11:12 Jan 26, 2021 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Science - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 05:54 | ||||||
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4 +3 | Quite a lot= (Ironic usage) |
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3 +3 | "quite a bit" an exaggeration |
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3 | over a considerable change in atmospheric pressure |
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be above a bit of the atmosphere Quite a lot= (Ironic usage) Explanation: This expressions is being used with a touch of irony only, i.e. it is a humorous use of the expression "a bit". When we say "Quite a bit" is not the same thing as saying "a bit", which means "a small piece of" or a "small part of". In fact, simply adding "quite" before "a bit" turns this into an ironic idiom, meaning "quite a lot". This might help explain this:https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/88933/confusion-abou... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2021-01-26 12:29:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Quite a bit a significant amount" https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/quite a bit Example sentence(s):
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite%20a%20bit |
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