Timeline for The pattern of quite as adjective as
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| Apr 21, 2016 at 9:50 | vote | accept | Mrt | ||
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:38 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 14:54 | comment | added | Mrt | @stangdon Thank you for the information now I don't have to worry about the positive one. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 13:39 | comment | added | stangdon | "is quite as" in the positive form is used, but it sounds very old-fashioned these days - note the fall in usage after 1920 or so. Think of it as meaning "is entirely as", as in "A small circle is quite as infinite as a large circle..." | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 12:59 | history | edited | Mrt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 12:56 | comment | added | ColleenV | The positive form doesn't make sense to me. Either A is as expensive as B, or it's not quite as expensive, or it is quite a bit more expensive than B. I'll have to think about how to explain why. +1 for all of the context you've included, by the way. I think this is a very nicely written question. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 11:54 | history | edited | Mrt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 11:48 | history | asked | Mrt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |