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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

pretty good

Hi

Is "pretty good" better than good and worse than very good OR worse than good and better than satisfactory?

E.G. He's a pretty good teacher. Emotion: smile
  

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Hi, Such terms are very loosely used, and depend greatly on context. For example, consider understatement. 'He won the Olympic 100 metres gold medal yesterday.

— Clive

  • Hi, Such terms are very loosely used, and depend greatly on context.
  • For example, consider understatement.
  • 'He won the Olympic 100 metres gold medal yesterday.
  • ' Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Such terms are very loosely used, and depend greatly on context.
For example, consider understatement. 'He won the Olympic 100 metres gold medal yesterday. He's a pretty good runner.'
Best wishes, Clive
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fairly, quite, to a certain extent.
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Hi

So, if someone says: Your English is pretty good, it means that it's definitely not very good, but just fairly good.

Thank you. Take care
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Hi guys,
Yet in context, 'You're a pretty good runner' can mean that you won the Olympic Gold medal.
Clive
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