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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

funner v.s. more fun

I am doing a presentation about more fun and I need some help defending my case. If anyone has any ideas for me please let me know.
  

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You could discuss this. 'Fun' is a noun that people some years ago started to use as an adjective. Today, some dictionaries still do not list it as an adjective, and some people (mainly older people) still consider it substandard English.

— Clive

  • You could discuss this.
  • 'Fun' is a noun that people some years ago started to use as an adjective.
  • Today, some dictionaries still do not list it as an adjective, and some people (mainly older people) still consider it substandard English.
  • I think that in several more years the adjective 'fun' will be part of standard English.
  • But I think it will take longer for the comparative forms to be considered standard.
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You could discuss this.

'Fun' is a noun that people some years ago started to use as an adjective. Today, some dictionaries still do not list it as an adjective, and some people (mainly older people) still consider it substandard English.

I think that in several more years the adj
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CliveI think that in several more years the adjective 'fun' will be part of standard English.
Fun is used as a simple adjective by natives all the time, so I think it's standard by now. It's the comparative forms (especially funner, to my ear) that are not yet generally accepted.
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Honestly I like to say funner because its faster to say then more fun and more fun sounds odd compared to funner
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