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.

  • Hanabie
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    1 year ago

    funny (the adjective) -> funnier

    fun (the noun) -> more fun

    • Hutch@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Which, by implication, means you can technically have “funnier fun” but not “more funnier” but should probably avoid both of these strange constructs.

    • stravanasu@lemmy.sdf.orgM
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      1 year ago

      Thank you! I found and interesting note about “fun” (and also “funner”, towards the end) in Gilman – I’m including a snapshot for the curious. “Funny” appears too :)

    • Smatt@lemmy.ca
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      True. But people do say “funner” informally. “Darts are funner than bowling.”