Dear Donald
Dear Donald
A Scottish MP writes
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Dear Donald
I dinna understand "quite" as first word of her missive. Is that a colloquial accepted term, like "like", each of which is not only redundant but also unnecessary and superfluous.
Re: Dear Donald
quite
adverb
1. completely, wholly, or entirely:
2. actually, really, or truly
adverb
1. completely, wholly, or entirely:
2. actually, really, or truly
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Dear Donald
Thanks that is a term not heard on this side, but shouldn't there be a comma after "Quite" like there would be for "really" or "truly"? I know, I'm channeling my inner MGM or BSG.
Re: Dear Donald
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Dear Donald
Verily I say unto you a comma is unnecessary. 
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan