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Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:03 am More fun vs Funner |
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Only "more fun" is used. People never use "funner". However I have another question relating this topic:
I've read in Mc Millan American English Dictionary for Advanced learner that "fun" can only be used as an attributive, but when I checked it on the BNC, I did find many results in which "fun" is used as a normal adjective. So does the dictionary refer only to American English? |
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:43 am More fun vs Funner |
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Hi
Take a look at the entry for 'fun' as an adjective in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary here: http://www.onelook.com/?w=fun&ls=a
You will see that the words 'funner' and 'funnest' are indeed used occasionally. However, they sound quite informal to me.
Nessie, are you sure that your dictionary stated that the word 'fun can only be used as an attributive'? . _________________ Amy
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 19:08 pm More fun vs Funner |
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Ok, if it is "more fun", why couldn't that be "funner" if it works as an adj.? It is just one syllable, isn't? Fun accomplishes the one-two syllable rule, doesn't it? _________________ Sergio M.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:14 am More fun vs Funner |
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Oh, it's just the matter of language using style, Serzige. You must know that not everything in English goes as the rule. For example, we say "more right" and "more wrong" but not "righter" or "wronger". |
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:55 am More fun vs Funner |
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| Quote: | | You must know that not everything in English goes as the rule. |
Or that some speakers use other rules, as in many English dialects. |
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:01 am More fun vs Funner |
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| Serzige wrote: | Ok, if it is "more fun", why couldn't that be "funner" if it works as an adj.? It is just one syllable, isn't? Fun accomplishes the one-two syllable rule, doesn't it? |
You're probably thinking of this one: funnier, but it is the comparative form of "funny", not "fun". Anyway, "fun" is no laughting matter  _________________ Alex
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 17:03 pm More fun vs Funner |
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Ok guys. I dare you to watch this interview with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker... http://youtube.com/watch?v=x1Cq6jCwGR0&feature=related
At 00:33 Tucker clearly says,"funner and funner". So why's that? Maybe you can enlighten us a little bit more. _________________ Sergio M.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 19:16 pm More fun vs Funner |
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| lost_soul wrote: | | Serzige wrote: | Ok, if it is "more fun", why couldn't that be "funner" if it works as an adj.? It is just one syllable, isn't? Fun accomplishes the one-two syllable rule, doesn't it? |
You're probably thinking of this one: funnier, but it is the comparative form of "funny", not "fun". Anyway, "fun" is no laughting matter  |
Hi Alex Did you read my first post? And did you look at the Merriam-Webster Dictionary entry for the word 'fun'? Funner and funnest are indeed used sometimes. However, I personally consider the usage of 'funner' and 'funnest' to be slang/non-standard. . _________________ Amy
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 19:28 pm More fun vs Funner |
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| Yankee wrote: | Hi Alex Did you read my first post? And did you look at the Merriam-Webster Dictionary entry for the word 'fun'? Funner and funnest are indeed used sometimes. However, I personally consider the usage of 'funner' and 'funnest' to be slang/non-standard. . |
Ops, sorry... I thought you wrote "funnier", but now I see it actually is "funner". At first I deemed "funner" wrong on ground that my dictionary failed to recognize it It only contains an entry for "funnier" _________________ Alex
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 19:34 pm More fun vs Funner |
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Ok everything seems great! But nobody has established a period. I just wanna know if it is used as a slang or it is not gramatically correct...Another issue, personally I've never heard someone saying "this is more right" or "this is more wrong", for me those phrases are redundant. Instead of those I'd use expressions like "this is better or worse" and that's it...Probably I'm wrong... thanks! |
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 19:37 pm More fun vs Funner |
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. I would not use 'funner' or funnest' in a formal context, if that's what you want to know. . _________________ Amy
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Thu May 01, 2008 0:46 am More fun vs Funner |
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| Serzige wrote: | ...Another issue, personally I've never heard someone saying "this is more right" or "this is more wrong", for me those phrases are redundant. Instead of those I'd use expressions like "this is better or worse" and that's it...Probably I'm wrong... thanks! |
I'd would like nessy to look at this! _________________ Sergio M.
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Thu May 01, 2008 8:35 am More fun vs Funner |
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Sergio, here is what I want to tell you: English knowledge is like an ocean, and do you think you can swim across the ocean? The fact that you have never heard someone say "more right" or "more wrong" doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist. I just wonder what can make you so self-confident to think so...
For your information, here is examples from the BNC about the usage of "more wrong":
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=more+wrong
And here are some more examples for "more right" (also from the BNC): - Don't you think that's more right judgement? - You see you couldn't be more right. - This does not mean however that some valuations are not more right than others; appreciating at least the following practical points will help make sure that our valuations are `;more right'; than not: - Here, like this, it's never been more right. - Couldn't be more right, except that
By the way, it's "Nessie", not "nessy"
P.S: Last but not least, I myself think it is extremely not polite to open a thread of asking questions by saying "Hey, this is quickly!" And, it is surely not polite to say this to our kind dedicated teachers here: "Ok guys. I dare you to watch this interview with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker... " You'd better be more careful with your words! |
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