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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Say in fun, make fun

I know you were just saying in fun, so I didn't take your rude words seriously.
You know you are just making fun.

Please correct my sentences and suggest me better versions too.
  

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There's a difference between saying something in fun and making fun . Saying something in fun is just kidding around. Making fun of someone means you are creating humor at that person's expense.

— BarbaraPA

  • There's a difference between saying something in fun and making fun .
  • Saying something in fun is just kidding around.
  • Making fun of someone means you are creating humor at that person's expense.
  • It may be very unkind and hurtful.
  • Things done "in fun" are just being playful "Making fun" can easily hurt someone's feelings.
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There's a difference between saying something in fun and making fun.

Saying something in fun is just kidding around. Making fun of someone means you are creating humor at that person's expense. It may be very unkind and hurtful.

Things done "in fun" are just being playful
"Making fun" can easily hurt someone's feelings.

If someone said something in fu
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Thanks a lot Grammar Greek.
Actually one of my friends told me that he had a job for me with whopping salary. I could not believe it as he himself earns a little so I asked him "Are you making fun"?

Does that make any sense in this context?
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Not really.

Let's say he knows you earn a very small salary.
If he said "And Gary, of course, will take us all out to dinner because he can afford to, with his big salary" then he is making fun.

It could be that he's making fun if he knows you always talk about how important it is to you to have a job with a high salary. Then he may be having a bit of fun with you by tellin
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Grammar GeekIt could be that he's making fun if he knows you always talk about how important it is to you to have a job with a high salary. Then he my be having a bit of fun with you by telling you about a fictional job with an astronomical salary.

More a case of being (in a friendly manner) sarcastic.
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I agree, Philip - fun in a friendly manner, hence the "having a bit of fun with you" instead of "making fun of you."

There are fine lines between making fun in a joking way and making fun in a non-joking way. The words alone won't tell you
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