Pretty obvious

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Test No. incompl/advan-28 "Mistaken Identity", question 5

Interviewer: I should have thought this was ..........

(a) clear obvious
(b) mostly obvious
(c) pretty obvious
(d) mainly obvious

Test No. incompl/advan-28 "Mistaken Identity", answer 5

Interviewer: I should have thoug this was pretty obvious.

Correct answer: (c) pretty obvious

Your answer was: incorrect
Interviewer: I should have thoug this was clear obvious.
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Is "pretty" here not too informal as it concerns an interview? Wouldn't be "quite" better as "clear" is absolutely wrong?

[Alan]

No, this is acceptable here and indicates the irritation of the interviewer.
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[Vietanhpham_Winter]

I think we need an adverb here
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[Alan]

Where?

Alan
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[Vietanhpham_Winter]

Oh sorry Mr. Alan. I think it must be something like prettily obvious.
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[Alan]

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'Pretty' in the sentence suggests 'quite'. 'Prettily' as an adverb means 'in a pretty way' and that isn't wanted here.

Alan
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[Vietanhpham_Winter]

Oh that's my stupid mistake. Just because I use rather and quite more than pretty though I know they're the same. She's pretty tall not prettily. Thank you for reminding me. Btw, why did you send the record? Is it your own?
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