Diamond Enthusiast

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It depends on whether you feel 'fun' is an adjective or not. I had thought 'fun' acting as an adjective (we had a fun time) was for spoken English only, or was a noun + noun combination. In either of those cases, 'funner' and 'funnest' would be incorrect (whatever that means  ). If 'fun' were a noun only, the phrases 'more fun' and 'most fun' would be correct, but wouldn't be used as adjectives; they would be noun phrases, like 'more beer' and 'most beer'. Merriam-Webster says, however: "Main Entry: 3fun Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): sometimes funner sometimes funnest Date: circa 1846 1 : providing entertainment, amusement, or enjoyment 'a fun party' 'a fun person to be with' 2 : full of fun 'a fun night' 'have a fun time'"1846! So 'fun' is an adjective, and 'funner' and 'funnest' do exist. They still sound odd, though.
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