The main difference between them is that house is concrete. House refers to a building in which someone lives. In contrast, a home can refer either to a building or to any location that a person thinks of as the place where she lives and that belongs to her. The difference between who and whom is exactly the same as the difference between I and me, he and him, she and her, etc. Who, like I, he, and she, is a subject – it is the person performing the action of the verb. Whom, like me, him, and her, is an object – it is the person to/about/for whom the action is being done.
Degree can only apply to GRADABLE words. There are two kinds of gradable words: - SCALE words, which indicate a relative position on a scale ( e.g large, small) - LIMIT words, which indicate the end-point of a scale ( e.g black, white) With ADJECTIVE SCALE WORDS, some degree adverbs “indicate an extreme position on a scale": e.g. very friendly. Others " intensify the meaning slightly”: e.g. It´s quite expensive With ADJECTIVE LIMIT WORDS, you would use two main classes of adverbs: - Those indicating that the limit word´s meaning is used to its fullest extent : e.g. The story is completely true - Those indicating a position near the limit of the scale: e.g. the bottle is almost empty "QUITE" has two uses: quite= “considerably" goes with scale words; quite= "absolutely" goes with limit words. In any case, it intensifies the meaning of the adjective.
“VERY" would not be used with limit words, since both of them indicate a extreme position on the scale and would be redundant: e.g. * The story is very true I believe it is all about which word you emphasis and the context of the conversation - I would say the following: "The test was quite difficult." the test was really difficult and I think I have failed "The test was quite difficult. “I can understand why you had difficulty because there were some hard parts to the test
"The test was quite difficult. “The test was hard but I think I did ok. Both of them have two somewhat opposed meanings, so it's rather complicated. "Really" can be either "in actual fact" or "very": "He thought the woman in the wheelchair was faking, but she was really disabled." "He thought she was really cute." "Quite" can be either "completely" or "moderately": "He was quite finished with his meal." "The book was quite interesting." "Quite" is a proper English adjective that is rarely abused.
The treatment of "really" has gotten totally out-of-control. Seriously? Really? It essentially means "very" and quite often "very" is the better choice to use. "Quite" is simply a step up from that, on the erudition scale. He was really ugly. He was very ugly. He was quite ugly. There are nuances there.
"He was really, really ugly" probably carries the most impact. And should be avoided in proper written English as it connotes one's own opinion as much as anything else. Really and quite are placed directly in front of adjectives or adverbs to add to their meaning.
The water is really hot. (=the water isn't just hot, it's extremely hot)
The show was quite good. (=the show was merely good, rather better than expected)
“Really” shows more involvement, even feeling, on the part of the speaker, thus is more personal sometimes.
Ex: Are you really willing? Do you really like her? “Quite” means to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely. It shows neither involvement nor feeling. Ex: "It's quite out of the question"
Those two situations are quite different.
The following grammar notes show the difference uses (and word order) of Very, Too and Enough.
Very and Too + adjective 1. The exam is very difficult, but Jim can complete it. 2. The exam is too difficult. Jim can't complete it. Very difficult = it is difficult but possible for Jim to complete the exam. Too difficult = It is impossible for Jim to complete the exam. Remember that Too implies a negative result.
Too + adjective + infinitive Alex couldn't play basketball because he was too short. Alex was too short to play basketball. We are too tired to go to the gym. Mary was too ill to finish her food.
Too + adjective + for (someone) + infinitive I can't walk to Valparaiso because it is too far. Valparaiso is too far for me to walk. It is too late for me to go out. The soup is too cold for Tim to eat. The price of the ticket is too expensive for Mike to fly to Europe.
Enough + noun Enough (pronounced "enuff") Enough = sufficient There was enough food for everybody at the party. I had enough money to pay for dinner with my girlfriend. Is there enough time to finish the test?
Adjective + Enough She is pretty enough for everybody to notice her. (Everybody notices her because she is very pretty.) My friend lives close enough to my house to walk. Last summer it was hot enough to go swimming every day.
Enough + infinitive When she lost her dog, it was enough to make her cry. He was sick enough to stay home from work today. I arrived at the airport early enough to make my flight to New York. Summary Chart