Jesusengland Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
A great deal of wine. / Quite a lot of wine.
Hello.
What is more?
- A great deal of wine.
or
- Quite a lot of wine. ?
Thanks.
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What is more?
- A great deal of wine.
or
- Quite a lot of wine. ?
Thanks.
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Top answer
", but beware of British understatement in contexts such as this. " "Quite a lot" here could actually mean "A great deal".
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Hi,
In British English at least, in general "A great deal of wine." would be more than "Quite a lot of wine.", but beware of British understatement in contexts such as this. For example:
"John was staggering about a bit in the pub last night"
"Yes, he'd had a quite a lot a drink!"
"Quite a lot" here could
In British English at least, in general "A great deal of wine." would be more than "Quite a lot of wine.", but beware of British understatement in contexts such as this. For example:
"John was staggering about a bit in the pub last night"
"Yes, he'd had a quite a lot a drink!"
"Quite a lot" here could
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And Quite a lot of wine is more than quite? A lot is more than quite a lot or more than a great deal of?
Could you give me these expressions ( quite, a lot, a great deal of, quite
Could you give me these expressions ( quite, a lot, a great deal of, quite
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Language is not mathematics! 
All of those expressions indicate an indefinitely large amount.
So, in a way, you're asking w
All of those expressions indicate an indefinitely large amount.
So, in a way, you're asking w
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