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Yellowstarstruck Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Noun
Fun is a noun for the below. Am I right? Thanks Fulvio
1. I think that tennis is fun.
1. I think that tennis is fun.
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It's a noun because you can say Tennis is great fun . (Cf. That's great wine.
- It's a noun because you can say Tennis is great fun .
- (Cf.
- That's great wine.
- ) It's not an adjective because you can't say *Tennis is very fun .
- (Cf.
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It's a noun because you can say Tennis is great fun. (Cf. That's great wine.)
It's not an adjective because you can't say *Tennis is very fun. (Cf. *That's very wine.)
Nevertheless, some people do treat fun as an adjective, and they do say very fun, and even funner and funnest. However, that's not exactly standard English, an
It's not an adjective because you can't say *Tennis is very fun. (Cf. *That's very wine.)
Nevertheless, some people do treat fun as an adjective, and they do say very fun, and even funner and funnest. However, that's not exactly standard English, an
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CalifJimsome people do treat fun as an adjectiveOf course by “some people” you mean most speakers of standard American English? The adjective fun is simply informal.
Why was my post deleted? I thought this was a site for students to learn how to speak natural modern English, not to learn a bunch of out-dated prescriptive rules?
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