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	Newguest  #534242  Sun, 29 Jun 08 03:37 PM Hi Is "pretty good" better than good and worse than very good OR worse than good and better than satisfactory? E.G. He's a pretty good teacher.     Newguest Joined on Sun, Feb 25 2007 Regular Member (947)

	Clive  #534248  Sun, 29 Jun 08 03:44 PM Hi, Such terms are very loosely used, and depend greatly on context. For example, consider understatement. 'He won the Olympic 100 metres gold medal yesterday. He's a pretty good runner.' Best wishes, Clive    Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member (20,469) El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Yoong Liat  #534257  Sun, 29 Jun 08 04:00 PM fairly, quite, to a certain extent.    Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Singapore Veteran Member (5,863) Yoong Liat

	Newguest  #534262  Sun, 29 Jun 08 04:23 PM Hi So, if someone says: Your English is pretty good, it means that it's definitely not very good, but just fairly good. Thank you. Take care      Newguest

	Yoong Liat  #534266  Sun, 29 Jun 08 04:28 PM You're right.    Yoong Liat

	Newguest  #534284  Sun, 29 Jun 08 05:03 PM cheers!    Newguest

	Clive  #534285  Sun, 29 Jun 08 05:04 PM Hi guys, Yet in context, 'You're a pretty good runner' can mean that you won the Olympic Gold medal. Clive    Clive