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English usage and grammar

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What are the comparative and superlative of the adjective "fun"? I'd say "more fun" and "most fun"...

But I'm somehow slightly tempted by "funnier" and "funniest", which should be for "funny" though, not "fun"...

I didn't find anything about this in the main dictionaries.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, languages are living things. That makes them so much fun.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So are toddlers. Let's prevent both from wandering off into the woods.