@PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoFor you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?message-square49fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareFor you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?@PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-square@pturn1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year ago“It’s not bad, but it’s still pretty bad” is a phrase I can see myself saying. Not sure about the other way round - doesn’t really work for me, but to each their own…
minus-square@can@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI see it as similar to “very bad”, which would be worse than just “bad”.
minus-square@usualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•1 year agoI think both are correct depending on the inflection
“It’s not bad, but it’s still pretty bad” is a phrase I can see myself saying. Not sure about the other way round - doesn’t really work for me, but to each their own…
I see it as similar to “very bad”, which would be worse than just “bad”.
I think both are correct depending on the inflection
Yeah, I think it’s contextual.