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Chivalry Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"I like something PRETTY MUCH"

Does this sentence structure sound right to you?
Because, well, it doesn't to me!

If the speaker was trying to say that s/he likes the object a bit more than fine, s/he should have said that s/he likes it "pretty well".

Or am I wrong?

Thanks in advance:)
  

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chivalry "I like something PRETTY MUCH" That is fine and common in conversation.

— Mister Micawber

  • chivalry "I like something PRETTY MUCH" That is fine and common in conversation.
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chivalry"I like something PRETTY MUCH"
That is fine and common in conversation.
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Mister Micawber chivalry"I like something PRETTY MUCH"That is fine and common in conversation.
There must be a better version?
I certainly think that "I like it fairly well" is a better one.

Or simply "I like it pretty well"
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chivalryI certainly think that "I like it fairly well" is a better one.
This native speaker doesn't. Why do you think it's 'better'?
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fivejedjon chivalryI certainly think that "I like it fairly well" is a better one.This native speaker doesn't. Why do you think it's 'better'?
Is that so? I just hear of this version("I like it pretty well") more often,the part that I travel in the most is the west coast of the US, though. Maybe it's different in the UK?:)
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chivalry"I like something PRETTY MUCH"
That sounds very unnatural to me. I would say something like, “I really like it” or “I like it a lot” or “I love it”.
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Aspara Gus chivalry"I like something PRETTY MUCH"That sounds very unnatural to me. I would say something like, “I really like it” or “I like it a lot” or “I love it”.
I totally agree! But the speaker who I conversated with was obviously trying to say that he likes that place just A BIT more than just fine(not a lot). He's not a native speaker.
So I wonder
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chivalryo I wonder what the most common expression for that in that sense
'I like it well enough' is one.
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chivalryI totally agree [that it sounds unnatural]! But the speaker who I conversated with ...
Sometimes things sound unnatural until we hear them more often. I'm sorry to say, though, that if you think "conversated" sounds natural to you (and I assume it does since you wrote it), then maybe you're not quite ready to trust yourself completely on how natural t
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Mister Micawber chivalryo I wonder what the most common expression for that in that sense'I like it well enough' is one.
I used to think of this as an euphemism of "I don't really like it."
Well, or at least, that's how people around me used to use it all the time.
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CalifJim chivalryI totally agree [that it sounds unnatural]! But the speaker who I conversated with ...Sometimes things sound unnatural until we hear them more often. I'm sorry to say, though, that if you think "conversated" sounds natural to you (and I assume it does since you wrote it), then maybe you're not quite ready to trust yourself completely on how natural things
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