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04-Dec-2007, 10:56
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04-Dec-2007, 11:59
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| Re: Pretty vs pretty 'pretty girl'- pretty is being used as an adjective, indicating being attractive in a delicate way. However, it can also be used informally and ironically in everyday speech to express annoyance or disgust : "So much for loyalty between friends. It is a pretty state of affairs when your own best friend turns you in to the Gestapo." It can also be used informally to mean, 'to a moderately high degree' : he looked pretty fit for his age. Does that help? Last edited by David L.; 05-Dec-2007 at 05:10. |
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04-Dec-2007, 21:18
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| Re: Pretty vs pretty Yes, it did help me, specially on the ironic usage of pretty. Your help was pretty good! Thanks, Jgap |
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