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When to use words quite, rather, pretty, fairly etc
Is there any logic to this or just decision?
I would use the following combinations:
quite amazing
rather large
pretty good
I would not use the following combinations:
pretty amazing
quite large
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How can I learn to get collocations right?
I read an article about collocation which includes an example:
We can say highly sophisticated, and we can say extremely happy.
highly happy and extremely sophisticated would be wrong.
How can I ...
