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#1 (permalink) Fri Jan 16, 2009 21:19 pm comparative of fun

Hi.Could you explain to me comparitive form the word ''fun''.For example which is correct;1)Swimming more fun than playing tennis.2)Swimming funner than playing tennis Many thanks.

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#2 (permalink) Sat Jan 17, 2009 0:41 am comparative of fun

Hello Eldar,

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1) Swimming is more fun than playing tennis. 2) Swimming is funner than playing tennis.

Strictly speaking, the word "fun" is only an uncountable noun, and not an adjective. It is not possible to add -er to the end of a noun in order to compare the amount of it to the amount of something else. You can say things such as "more cake" and "more information", for example, but you cannot say "caker" or "informationer". The same rule applies to the word "fun". Therefore, your first sentence is grammatically correct, and your second sentence is incorrect (and don't forget the word "is", of course). Your first sentence is also the one I would expect to hear from any native-speaker of English.

That said, people do sometimes use the word "fun" as an adjective, and in slang or extremely informal speech, you will also occasionally hear people use "funner" and "funnest". However, my recommendation to you would be this: You should not use "funner" and "funnest". Wink

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#3 (permalink) Mon Jan 19, 2009 22:11 pm thanks

Hello Mr Expert. Your explanation helped me.Many thanks.

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