More fun vs Funner

[Serzige]

Hey, this is quickly!
Which is ok, "this is more fun" or "this is funner"?

Thanks a million!
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Sergio M.
"Life is too short to grieve in sorrow"

[nessie]

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?

[Yankee]

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'?
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[nessie]

Yes, Amy. Here is the whole entry for the word "fun" (adj) in my Mac Millan English Dictionary for Advanced learner of American English:

FUN (adjective) [only before noun]: enjoyable
eg1: scuba diving is a fun thing to do
eg2: a fun day at the zoo

Besides, there is also a notification accompanied with it:

FUNNY is used for talking about something or someone that makes you laugh
=> He told a funny joke
=> She is one of the funniest people I know
=> Don't laugh; it isn't funny
FUN is used for talking about something that is enjoyable or someone that you enjoy being with
=> London is a fun city
=> Our day at the beach was really fun
=> My sister is a fun person

[Serzige]

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?
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Sergio M.
"Life is too short to grieve in sorrow"

[nessie]

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".

[Molly]

[lost_soul]

[Serzige]

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.
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Sergio M.
"Life is too short to grieve in sorrow"

[Yankee]

[lost_soul]

[Serzige]

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!

[Yankee]

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I would not use 'funner' or funnest' in a formal context, if that's what you want to know.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Serzige]

[nessie]

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!