Automattic / Automattic/harper

False positive: `QuiteQuiet` rule wrongly invoked for "quite close allies"

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Description

> the US, Canada, and Mexico are still **quite** close allies

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This is a correct use of "quite" and "quiet" would be ungrammatical here.

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> ... for **quite** a bit of money ...

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> ... is pretty scary, albeit in **quite** a different way.

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Research direction

The report identifies false positives from the `QuiteQuiet` rule but names no files or tests. Start by locating that rule and its Rust tests, then reproduce the three reported examples. Done means these uses of “quite” no longer trigger the rule while genuine quite/quiet mistakes remain covered.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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