isilya: (Default)
isilya ([personal profile] isilya) wrote in [personal profile] resonant 2013-01-14 04:03 am (UTC)

"Quite" as a modifier means very different things:

UK/Commonwealth: quite pretty is less pretty than pretty.
US: quite pretty means very pretty.

Nonplussed:

UK: surprised and confused, taken aback, unsure how to react.
US: unperturbed.

I'm trying to avoid using both quite and nonplussed in my writing as they seem destined to poorly convey my meaning.

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