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He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb?



 
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He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb? #1 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:41 am   He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb?
 

Hi teachers

He's great. He's good fun.
Is good here the adverb?
Does he's good fun mean he's very fun?

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Fun/funny #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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He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb? #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:24 am   He's good fun: Is GOOD here the adverb?
 

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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My funny absent-mindedness is not fun #4 (permalink) Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:34 pm   My funny absent-mindedness is not fun
 

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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