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#184927 05/25/09 04:20 PM
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It must confuse persons learning the English language when it come to the word "pretty."

The one person is very pretty, but the other one is pretty ugly.

Bobpa #184931 05/25/09 10:21 PM
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Any language is going to have problems of this sort. In Spanish the adjective listo means 'ready' when it comes with the verb estar and 'intelligent' when it comes with the verb ser.

Faldage #184933 05/25/09 11:17 PM
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pretty is one of many words that can act as an "intensifier".

pretty cool.


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