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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

They are pretty interchangeable

Hi,
I just saw Nona wrote this sentence:

They are pretty much interchangeable.
Is it possible to say "They are pretty interchangeable"? What would be the difference?

In the same way, what do you think of this two?
I'm pretty sure of that.
I'm pretty much sure of that.

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fairly: to a fairly large, noticeable, or reasonable extent ( informal ) I'm pretty sure I lost my keys.

— Yoong Liat

  • fairly: to a fairly large, noticeable, or reasonable extent ( informal ) I'm pretty sure I lost my keys.
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fairly: to a fairly large, noticeable, or reasonable extent ( informal )
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To me, pretty much suggests pretty much of the time. So it doesn't strike me as exactly right for I'm pretty much sure of that. On the other hand, it's not that bad either.

CJ
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Thank you,
I think I understand, it could be that "pretty much" sounds better than "pretty" when referring to ungradable adjectives (interchangeable, impossible...), and "pretty" is better used with gradable adjectives (sure, good...).
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