Expression: She's much prettier in real.

[Sweetpumpkin]

Hi,

I have a question on the phrase 'real'.

She's much prettier in real.

In the sentence above, can I say 'person' omitted after 'real'? I mean, the original sentence is like this : She's much prettier in real (person). What do you think?

Thanks in advance,
sweetpumpkin

[Cisco795]

She is (much) prettier in person.

That`s how I would say it.
To me, a person is real, therefore, I would not use "real" and "person" together in the same expression/sentence.
Let`s see if an English native speaker sheds some light on this one though.
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[Jamie (K)]

It's an ungrammatical sentence the way it is.

It should say, "She is much prettier in real life."