Re: prodigious vs. prolific


Stephen Calder wrote:
UC wrote:



No, really. We say: "That was such fun!"

If fun was an adjective, why do we not say:

Fun, funner, funnest?

Not all adjectives decline this way.

Yellow, yellower, yellowest?

Prolific, prolificker, prolifickest?

Monosylabic adjectives are (red, redder, reddest; fast, faster,
fastest; hot, hotter, hottest, etc). If 'fun' were an adjective, it
would be decined that way. The fact that we feel revulsion at 'funner',
'funnest' proves that it is not an adjective.





It is blindingly obvious that 'fun' is not an adjective. Also, most
adjectives are also usable as adverbs, right? (e.g., harsh, harshly;
exact, exactly; cool, coolly; broad, broadly; heated, heatedly; etc.).

Can we do something "funly'? No!



Not all adjectives convert into adverbs this way.

Redly?

It's clear that in matters of English usage you have not done your
homework and your incorrect statements are misleading to those who are
here to learn.

My misleading statements? Ha! I never saw so much garbage advice as
here....

--
Stephen
Lennox Head, Australia

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