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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / June 2006which one is correct ?
The question is that which one is correct and why, one sentence is " she is a lot of fun to be with." another one is "she has a lot of fun to be with." "she is a lot of fun to be with" is correct "a lot of fun" is describing a personalitly trait of the girl not something which she owns. Has is used in english to procur possesion, when describing a persons nature we use "is" "she is a lot of fun to be with " is the correct one A mistake I hear English speakers make is "It was so fun," instead of saying "It was so much fun," as if the word 'fun' is an adjective, instead of a noun. On 10-May-2006, "TeachESL" <unienglish26@gmail.com> wrote in message <1147288983.786159.34690@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>: > A mistake I hear English speakers make is "It was so fun," instead of > saying "It was so much fun," as if the word 'fun' is an adjective, > instead of a noun. ?? At least in my dialect, which is close to General American, "fun" is both an adjective and a noun (and, rarely, even a verb), and "It was so fun" is perfectly grammatical.  SignatureJim Heckman Sorry, Jim. When I hear that, it sounds like a wrong note played on a piano. I grimace when I hear it and I would NEVER teach it. The only way I'd use it as an adjective: It was a fun evening. Americans - I notice on TV - are destroying the language. For example, I keep hearing "There's a lot of things I like." Eeuuww! I heard "extremely capable" today. This doesn't happen often, but it did bother me a little. Capable, to me, is a finate state. Either one is or one is not capable. Once that state is exceeded, one is still merely capable. Am I wrong to let this bother me? BTW, I've been speaking English my whole life and fun is indeed an adjective. Just because a usage is informal does not make it incorrect. Languages do, in fact, evolve and new words are added to the dictionaries every year. Dialects, I would argue, are unique even within specific households. To argue against that is to argue that you're the best cat-herder there ever was. "I was just funning you," however colloquial, has a distinct meaning within it's dialect and to those who speak and understand it. So, it can be a verb as well. Certainly you wouldn't want to teach it to those learning English as a second language, however, it is no less correct. > Sorry, Jim. When I hear that, it sounds like a wrong note played on a > piano. I grimace when I hear it and I would NEVER teach it. The only > way I'd use it as an adjective: It was a fun evening. Americans - I > notice on TV - are destroying the language. For example, I keep > hearing "There's a lot of things I like." Eeuuww! |
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