Fun
I saw the above in my son's Grammar and Punctuation book (year 2).
Please explain the grammatical form of "fun" and how do we decide if it's a noun or adjective in the given example?
"This makes sense if you think of how we normally use the word. "We had fun" (direct object) or "That game is a lot of fun" (object of preposition). The problem comes because, like any noun, fun can be a predicate nominative. So we say, "That game is fun." Fun here is a noun, not an adjective."
http://englishplus.com/news/news1202.htm
Isn't "fun" predicative nominative according to the above?
Thanks is advance!
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Jigneshbharati Please explain the grammatical form of "fun" and how do we decide if it's a noun or adjective in the given example? " I myself hear an adjective. It is technically a predicate nominative, though.
- Jigneshbharati Please explain the grammatical form of "fun" and how do we decide if it's a noun or adjective in the given example?
- " I myself hear an adjective.
- It is technically a predicate nominative, though.
- I personally am of the opinion that English grammar cannot explain everything that goes on in the language, and this is a good example.
- The American Heritage Dictionary calls the true adjective "informal" and provides a fascinating Usage Note in which they point out that "funner" and "funnest" are problematical, to say the least.
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the grammatical form of "fun" and how do we decide if it's a noun or adjective in the given example?
"Fun" is probably considered an adjective (in the traditional terminology) nowadays in "The pool is fun." I myself hear an adjective. It is technically a predicate nominative, though. I personally am of the opinion that English g
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