http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmmj/post.htm#534285Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:04:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534285Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmmj/post.htm#534285http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534285.xmlHi guys,<br />Yet in context, &#39;You&#39;re a pretty good runner&#39; can mean that you won the Olympic Gold medal.<img id="@@emo@@" alt="(:)) Smile" src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" /><br />Clive<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmmw/post.htm#534284Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:03:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534284Newguest1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmmw/post.htm#534284http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534284.xml<p>cheers!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmlh/post.htm#534266Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:28:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534266Yoong Liat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmlh/post.htm#534266http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534266.xml<p>You&#39;re right.<img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" title="Big Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmld/post.htm#534262Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:23:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534262Newguest3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmld/post.htm#534262http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534262.xml<p>Hi</p> <p>So, if someone says: Your English is pretty good, it means that it&#39;s definitely not very good, but just fairly good.</p> <p>Thank you. Take care <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkp/post.htm#534257Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534257Yoong Liat4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkp/post.htm#534257http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534257.xml<p>fairly, quite, to a certain extent.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkg/post.htm#534248Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:44:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534248Clive5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkg/post.htm#534248http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534248.xmlHi,<br />Such terms are very loosely used, and depend greatly on context.<br />For example, consider understatement. &#39;He won the Olympic 100 metres gold medal yesterday. He&#39;s a pretty good runner.&#39;<br />Best wishes, Clive<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkr/post.htmSun, 29 Jun 2008 14:37:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534242Newguest6http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrettyGood/ggmkr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534242.xml<p>Hi</p> <p>Is &quot;pretty good&quot; better than good and worse than very good OR worse than good and better than satisfactory?</p> <p>E.G. He&#39;s a pretty good teacher.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>