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Osee
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Mon, 23 Jul 07 07:04 PM
any difference between them? thx.
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Clive
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Mon, 23 Jul 07 07:09 PM
Hi,
'Beautiful' is to a much higher degree than 'pretty'.
Clive
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Osee
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Tue, 24 Jul 07 12:01 AM
Hi Clive,
My I generalize what you say here in a rough degree: If two words have the same basic meaning, usually the long word is to a higher degree than the short one.
Does this make sense? Thanks.
Osee
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Hi,
'Beautiful' is to a much higher degree than 'pretty'.
Clive |
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nona the brit
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Tue, 24 Jul 07 12:26 AM
No, I don't think you can take that as a rule.
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Excalibur™,
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I think the word 'Beautiful' sounds more formal than the word 'Pretty'. (My humble opinion)
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Philip
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Tue, 24 Jul 07 04:54 PM
| Osee wrote: | |
Hi Clive,
My I generalize what you say here in a rough degree: If two words have the same basic meaning, usually the long word is to a higher degree than the short one.
Does this make sense? Thanks.
Osee
| Clive wrote: | |
Hi,
'Beautiful' is to a much higher degree than 'pretty'.
Clive |
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It might make sense to me if you could provide a number of examples to support this [new-to-me] concept.
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Tue, 24 Jul 07 05:40 PM
And here's one to refute it: happiness and joy.
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Sooris
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Thu, 02 Aug 07 01:06 PM
'Pretty' applies to face. Beauty' to both face and body. However, you can't say he is beautiful. He is handsome and has a pretty face. Sounds ok to me.
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Clive
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Thu, 02 Aug 07 03:51 PM
Hi,
You're right that we usually don't describe a man as beautiful, but neither do we usually say that a man is pretty, or has a pretty face.
Best wishes, Clive
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