Post AWFOYvwDmeBIAM0PMe by outeast@mastodon.green
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(DIR) Post #AWFMTzPtDuQLb9Oi7k by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-06-01T12:02:26Z
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Do you use 'funnest' in everyday conversation? Here's why I say there's a "fun" continuum. https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/is-funnest-a-word/
(DIR) Post #AWFMqCT1Nm7ORcS9gG by Bam@sfba.social
2023-06-01T12:06:29Z
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@grammargirl sorry, but I still can’t do this one on principle. 😂
(DIR) Post #AWFOYvwDmeBIAM0PMe by outeast@mastodon.green
2023-06-01T12:25:48Z
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@grammargirl Wondered what my dictionaries listed & was surprised to see they point to the *verb* as being the original form. With the added wrinkle that the original sense of the verb became obsolete, the noun shifted its meaning, and then the verb was re-coined from the noun. That's a funner history than I'd expected.
(DIR) Post #AWFPlAhqnkhxOjgQWO by bhawthorne@infosec.exchange
2023-06-01T12:39:13Z
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@grammargirl I’ve always used more fun and most fun for comparative and superlative forms of fun. “That was the most fun party!” Or “We had a more fun trip than last time.”But, I have no problem with people developing funner and funnest as new forms, as long as they don’t mind me using forms like “convoluteder” and “convolutedest.”
(DIR) Post #AWFPwd9jMmsYooBiYC by RaySF@glasgow.social
2023-06-01T12:41:15Z
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@grammargirl No, we don't.
(DIR) Post #AWFQ8kRm5IXkuFPERM by richardgunther@twit.social
2023-06-01T12:43:30Z
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@grammargirl This was one of the exceptions I thought of when you discussed the rule for one-syllable adjectives.
(DIR) Post #AWFS2I4irCVR5EfjKy by deepstateretired@0sint.social
2023-06-01T13:04:42Z
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@grammargirl Never, it just doesn’t sound right to me.