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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a quite funny" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct form would be "quite funny" or "a quite funny thing."
Example: "That was quite funny, and I couldn't stop laughing."
Alternatives: "rather amusing" or "pretty humorous."
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He's a quite funny guy".
The situation has already inspired a (quite funny) parody account on Twitter.
What I actually spotted was a quite funny workplace-based sitcom starring the politically incorrect bloke from Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show.
Angela Belcher can be a quite funny person, particularly in her speeches - although you have to pay close attention to realise she's just made a joke.
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The opening scene, in which Tom and Maggie are established as ditzily misguided and Sue as a soddenly glum lost soul who was herself abandoned as an infant, is quite funny in a caricaturist mode.
A: I find Sean O'Brien quite funny.
We end up with a straightforward, often quite funny, eventually wearing, rendering of a familiar play.
With a knowing smile, Nesbitt adds: "I think the idea of me playing a journalist is quite funny.
The best television shows are a group effort, so it was fitting that the opening number at the Emmys on Sunday night was a fast and quite funny musical number of many.
Lay in bed comfortably, Think about a movie or a Comedy that are quite funny.
In their joint column this weekend, the Times film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis provide an exhaustive (and quite funny) field guide to modern male cinematic archetypes.
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