Rene

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Burnaby, British Columbia

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Somebody help me with an English sentence which I can't understand well.

narsha @narsha (466) 17 Dec 13

The sentence is "Rodney was a cheerful,elegant and gregarious if rather contentious man". So,I'm gonna ask that what does the "if rather" here mean? Somebody said that if equals to although,and rather equals to quite,so if rather...

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Rene I agree "if" contrasts the "rather", so Rodney is inclined to be quarrelsome?

18 Dec 13