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#2 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:32 am Fun/funny |
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| Does he's good fun mean he's very funny? |
Basically, both terms have the sense of amusing. However, there might be a slight difference in meaning. A funny person usually makes you laugh. Now, when someone is fun or is fun to be with (informal term) they won't necessarily make you laugh, though they are amusing and enjoyable, too. |
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Conchita Language Coach

Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 2826 Location: Madrid, Spain
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#3 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:24 am He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb? |
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Hi abc
Just to add to what Conchita wrote, I'd say the word fun is used as a noun in your sentence, so good is (and is used as) an adjective.
If you want to use an adverb in the sentence, then you could write (e.g.):
He's tremendously good fun. :D
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#4 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:34 pm My funny absent-mindedness is not fun |
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Thanks, Amy, for completing my answer. It looks as if I had missed abc's first question (which I must have, too!). My absent-mindedness is going from bad to worse!
:) :? |
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