http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcq/post.htm#534989Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:02:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534989Liveinjapan0http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcq/post.htm#534989http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534989.xmlThanks, Goodman and CJ.</p><p>Got it.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcn/post.htm#534986Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:42:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534986CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcn/post.htm#534986http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534986.xmlI&#39;d say it means <i>I&#39;m feeling somewhat better today</i>.</p><p>www.m-w.com</p><p><b>rather</b>&nbsp;</p><p><span><span><span><span><span> <span>5</span> <span><b>:</b>&nbsp;in some degree <b>:</b> somewhat <span>&lt;it&#39;s <i>rather</i> warm&gt;</span> —often used as a mild intensive <span>&lt;spent <i>rather</i> a lot of money&gt;</span></span>&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span><br /></p><p>Does that help?</p><p>CJ&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpck/post.htm#534983Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:30:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534983Goodman2http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpck/post.htm#534983http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534983.xmlWe can&#39;t use &quot;rather&quot; or &quot;quite&quot; comparative&nbsp;context. But we can with adjective<br />We can say &quot;I am feeling rather lucky today&quot;.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcw/post.htmTue, 01 Jul 2008 04:13:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534981Liveinjapan3http://www.englishforums.com/English/FeelingRatherBetter/ggpcw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534981.xml<i>I&#39;m feeling rather better today.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How does <i>rather </i>work here?</p><p>Cambridge says <i>rather </i>means <i>quite </i>or <span><i>to a slight degree</i> or sometimes <i>very</i>.</span></p><p>After a little searching this site, I understand meanings of <i>rather</i> and <i>quite </i>depend on the context, intonation, or even a face expression.</p><p>Thanks <br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>