{"id":11735,"date":"2020-02-17T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:14","slug":"adjectives-mitigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/02\/adjectives-mitigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjectives: Mitigators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Level: Intermediate – Advanced<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitigators are used to make an adjective become less strong. They are the opposite of intensifiers. Some common examples of mitigators are: fairly, rather,  pretty, and quite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team was <\/em>fairly<\/em><\/strong> convinced he had nothing to do with them winning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the week, everyone was <\/em>rather<\/em><\/strong> exhausted.
\nThe food wasn’t cheap, but it was <\/em>quite<\/em><\/strong> delicious.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had a <\/em>pretty<\/em><\/strong> good time hanging out with his girlfriend\u2019s friends. (Informal)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUITE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the mitigator \u2018quite\u2019 is used with neutral adjectives<\/span>, adding ‘quite’ makes them less strong<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were <\/em>quite loud<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

( = They were loud but not very loud. )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My job is <\/em>quite boring<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

( = My job is boring but not very boring. )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, when \u2018quite\u2019 is used with strong adjectives<\/span>, they then mean \u2018absolutely<\/span>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their behavior was <\/em>quite awful<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

( = Their behavior was absolutely<\/span> awful. )\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a team, they are <\/em>quite brilliant<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

( = As a team, they are absolutely<\/span> brilliant. )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Level: Intermediate – Advanced Mitigators are used to make an adjective become less strong. They are the opposite of intensifiers. Some common examples of mitigators are: fairly, rather,  pretty, and quite. The team was fairly convinced he had nothing to do with them winning. By the end of the week, everyone was rather exhausted. 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