Can I say more funny or most funny instead of funnier or funniest? Remember Gladstone's Conservative Peroration this time last year! So in answer to your question, you most certainly can choose to use "more funny" or "most funny" instead of "funnier" or "funniest," and not be alone and unprecedented in your word choice But as you know, the overwhelming tendency in English runs in the other direction
Funnier VS more fun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum 1 funny - funnier - (the) funniest - 'funny' is an adjective 2 much fun - more fun - (the) most fun - 'fun' is a noun modified by 'much' When the 'fun' is used as an adjective, its comparative and superlative would be: fun - funner - funnest I agree with SoothingDave that 'fun' and 'funny' are two different words
What is the superlative of fun? [closed] - English Language Usage . . . 2 Funniest is the superlative of funny (and funnier is the comparative) This is not "for lack of one"; "funniest" is the superlative Funny forms its superlative and comparative according to the standard rule (as in red, redder, reddest and fast, faster, fastest)
grammar - Funnily enough or Funny enough - English Language Usage . . . The problem is the two meanings of "funnily" OED: Funnily 1: In an amusing or humorous manner; comically 1929 Manitoba Free Press 19 Nov 19 2 [The play] is produced against settings that are very graceful Starts funnily and ends more funnily OED: Funnily 2 Strangely, oddly, curiously; surprisingly Also frequently as a sentence adverb Originally and chiefly in funnily enough 1993 Daily
Word or expression for something thats very funny, but doesnt make . . . 3 I'm sure you know of this feeling When you find something very funny, but it doesn't make you laugh out loud Perhaps it's even "funnier" than other things that make you chuckle profusely What is a word to refer to this phenomenon specifically? If not a word, then an expression is also acceptable
Fun practice for comparative adjectives - UsingEnglish. com The topic of comparatives like “bigger”, “further” and “more fun” is covered in the majority of lower level textbooks However, as it is one of the grammar topics that students have most difficulty converting from textbook knowledge into fluent and accurate speech, more controlled spoken practice is always welcome – and by simply introducing connected adverbs like “far