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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Pretty gone

Hi

Is the use of pretty-gone natural in these sentences?

Her analysis was pretty-gone inaccurate.
Your joke was pretty-gone appalling.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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I’m not familiar with pretty-gone . It sounds funny.

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I’m not familiar with pretty-gone. It sounds funny.
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Thanks, AG.

Anything similar? Maybe I misheard it?

Tom
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Perhaps it was . . . pretty darn . . .
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Thanks, Clive.

Is it OK now? And does it mean completely, totally?

Her analysis was pretty darn inaccurate.
Your joke was pretty darn appalling.

Tom
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Yes, that's the broad idea.

darn/darned is a politer corruption of the swear-word '****/damned', which means 'very'.

Clive
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Does it mean that my sentences (the use of darn accurate, etc) are not suitable for/in polite conversation or formal conversation?

Thanks again.

Tom
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'Darn' is a very mild word, and not impolite, but it is informal speech.
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