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Showing posts with label pretty good. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pretty good. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pretty Good or Really Good?

Both of these “goods” are adjectives. Both are preceded by adverbs. (You’re right, one of them doesn’t end in ly.) Both “pretty” and “really” are misused... yes, misused! Abused! Treated bad-ly! Pretty means “good-looking”; really means “for real”. Why not stick with “very”?