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The phrase "ask pretty" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a request for someone to ask in a polite or attractive manner, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "If you want a favor, you should ask pretty instead of being demanding."
Alternatives: "ask nicely" or "ask politely".
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"Prepare a handful of open-ended questions that you can ask pretty much anyone you meet.
You can ask pretty much any expert on this issue and they'll give you the same answer: thin air.
Moreover, the program was kind enough to treat us to lunch with the speakers every week, where we could ask pretty much anything about their lives and careers.
"You can ask pretty much anything," the PR woman told me before our interview, "but he's specifically asked that you don't talk to him about his hobbies".
OkCupid matches people by asking them questions – we ask pretty much everything (from how often you brush your teeth, to whether you believe in God) – and the user answers on average about 300 of them.
Just ask pretty much any of the romantic poets, whose shenanigans included swimming the grand canal in Venice (Byron) and insisting on submerging themselves in any handy body of water regardless of an inability to swim (Shelley).
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The investors I asked pretty much laughed in my face.
He asked pretty sexual questions, but I found it funny.
For hours each night I would talk to people, asking pretty much whatever I wanted.
I asked pretty much the same question at the second talk.
But the question you can't help asking, pretty much from curtain-up, is why.
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