Quite和冠词的位置分为两种情况，下面做分类介绍，如下:
1、当不定冠词与quite搭配使用时，不定冠词通常放在后面。
It was quite a job to persuade.
但如果该结构中名词前带有形容词，则不定冠词 放在quite的前或后都行。
It was quite a busy day.
= It was a quite busy day.
这一点， rather和quite的用法一致。
He is a rather a fool.
It is rather an interesting film.
= It is a rather interesting film.
2、 定冠词与quite搭配使用，定冠词放后面表示"完全，正是"。
He's going quite the wrong way.
That was quite the nicest meal I have ever had.
但是， 若Quite修饰名词前的形容词，则放于定冠词之后。
The rather slippery subject
Rather用法同quite.
