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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pretty sad" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks a noun to modify.
You can use it in a context where you want to describe something as being quite sad, but it needs to be followed by a noun.
Example: "It was a pretty sad movie that left everyone in tears."
Alternatives: "quite sad" or "rather sad".
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It's really a pretty sad picture.
"It has a pretty sad ending".
To me, that was a pretty sad sight".
It must have been a pretty sad dinner table.
If so, that's a pretty sad state of affairs.
Still 20% seems a pretty sad figure for all library related services.
"It's a pretty sad commentary on the state of American journalism".
"It is a pretty sad story, I agree," Mr. Crocker said in an interview.
"When everything becomes the same because of winemaking practices, that's a pretty sad day".
"It's a pretty sad deal," said Jana Gilmore, a spectator, noting the tears on the final day.
Those that did, however, "were filled with statements like this: 'The world we have made out of the inheritance of our grandfathers is a pretty sad botch.
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