Allan Chen
Help me correct. How to understand "pretty +adjective and prerry +adv", for example;

I am very confused/not very confused.

I am pretty confused/not pretty confused.

What is the difference ?

He didnt reply to me pretty quickly.

He didnt reply to me very quickly.

What is the difference ?

12 Eki 2017 13:21
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Hi Allan, "I am very confused" indicates that your confusion is high, whereas "I am pretty confused" indicates that your confusion is mild. Other example include the following: "I am pretty tired" (this means I'm slightly tired), in contrast to "I am very tired." "I am pretty annoyed" (this means I'm slightly annoyed), in contrast to "I am very annoyed." Also please note that in English, we generally don't use the word "pretty" for negative sentences. Here are some examples: "I am not very tired." [This is fine, but you cannot say "I am not pretty tired"]. "I am not very hungry." [This is fine, but you cannot say "I am not pretty hungry"].
12 Ekim 2017
"Pretty" and "very" as adverbs had a sense of the intensity to the word that they're describing. "Pretty" actually reduces the intensity while "very" adds to it. So if I am confused, here's the order I would use it to express increasing confusion: 1) Pretty confused 2) Confused 3) Very confused 4) Totally confused (this is the most confused.) The same with quickly: 1) Pretty quickly 2) Quickly 3) Very quickly (this is the fastest.) Hope this helps.
12 Ekim 2017
我觉得都可以,看你怎么使用这些词了。
12 Ekim 2017
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