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Poll of the Day > Do you think the phrase "very fun" is incorrect English?

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JigsawTDCII
10/11/22 8:47:20 PM
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Y/N

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JOExHIGASHI
10/11/22 9:42:07 PM
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N

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SoreChasm
10/11/22 11:14:54 PM
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To post in PotD is a very funnest.

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Nichtcrawler-X
10/11/22 11:20:16 PM
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JigsawTDCII posted...
Y/N

Feels about right. It does not feel correct, but it also feels like it is becoming correct.

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EclairReturns
10/11/22 11:21:26 PM
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I don't see why it is not correct. It may overemphasize the speaker's feelings about some arbitrary hobby he is engaged in. But I do not see why it would be incorrect. I mean, I suppose that the enjoyability of an activity can be described by the words, "enjoyable" and "fun". The latter would describe an activity that is very much to the speaker's liking, while the former would indicate that the speaking is enjoying himself, but not to the extent that he would seek it out in his free time. It doesn't feel right intensifying an adjective that is already considered "intense". But that doesn't make it incorrect, just awkward and likely to figuratively raise some eyebrows.

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Lokarin
10/12/22 2:30:01 AM
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apparently 'much fish' (Catch as much fish as you can) is correct :/

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Nichtcrawler-X
10/12/22 5:07:39 PM
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Lokarin posted...
apparently 'much fish' (Catch as much fish as you can) is correct :/

Fish being uncountable in English seems correct to me.

Edit: Scratch that, 1 word, two meanings, one countable, one uncountable.
Catching fish uses the countable one, so "catching much fish" is wrong.

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Zareth
10/12/22 5:21:15 PM
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Fun is an adjective as well as a noun, so no

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Lil_Bit83
10/12/22 5:32:44 PM
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Yes it's correct, not that it really matters.

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ZangsBeard
10/12/22 5:39:31 PM
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This topic is very funnieresteriester

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JigsawTDCII
10/12/22 6:59:26 PM
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thanks for the support everyone. Gonna use this thread as evidence to tell my co-worker to get bent!
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ZangsBeard
10/12/22 7:25:08 PM
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Shouldnt you tell him to get benter?

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SoreChasm
10/12/22 7:27:36 PM
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/very-fun-fun-as-an-adjective.740700/

Looks like theres been quite a bit of debate over this (although thats an old thread).

I guess very fun could be incorrect if used in formal writing, but for everyday conversation (which is what your students should be focusing on), Id say its perfectly fine.

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