PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoFor you, does "pretty good" mean something is better or worse than just "good"?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-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-square20fedilink
minus-squarewaratchess@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoI would rate pretty bad as worse than bad.
minus-squarepturn1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI see it as similar to “very bad”, which would be worse than just “bad”.
I would rate pretty bad as worse than bad.
“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”.