The zoo is really fun.

[touchstone]

The zoo is really fun.
(from an English textbook)

In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, it says ‘fun’ is used as adjective only before nouns. So I wonder if ‘fun’ here is a noun or an adjective. If it’s a noun, a ‘good’ might have been omitted between ‘really’ and ‘fun’.What do you say?
Thanks.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think 'fun' is a noun, and 'really' modifies 'is', so an adjective is not needed.

 

[touchstone]

I think 'fun' is a noun, and 'really' modifies 'is', so an adjective is not needed.

Guys, do you agree with Wai's opinion?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Do you think an adjective is needed in 'The zoo is really a place you must visit', where the adverb is followed by a noun?

 

[MeyaN]

"..incorrect responses will soon be corrected by other members; correct answers will be 'liked' in time.."

"...Incorrect responses are soon corrected by other members; correct answers are 'liked' in time..."

What is the difference between the above two sentences in the present context; please tell me if future tense can be used instead of simple present tense to refer to general situations? Which is more preferable?

Thank you.

 

[Matthew Wai]

See definition #6 and 7 at http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/will_1?q=will
It is not a future tense.

It would be more polite to refer to that member as 'Matthew'.

Presumably the OP was thinking about my Chinese family name when s/he wrote 'Wai'.

 

[teechar]

I actually see "fun" as a predicative adjective in that sentence.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fun

 

[teechar]

It seems to fit this, a noun:
[FONT=noto_serif_devanagari]people-watching is great fun’
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I don't think that's quite the same.
I agree that "fun" is a noun in that sentence; here "fun" is modified by "great" (an adjective). In the original, "fun" is being modified by an adverb ("really") which is why I see it as an adjective.

 

[teechar]

He is really happy.
He really is happy.

That doesn't make "happy" a noun.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Fun noun
[uncountable]
1 a thing that gives enjoyment or pleasure and makes you feel happy.
── quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fun_1?q=fun
The zoo is such a thing in the OP's sentence.

We have a new moderator!

 

[GoesStation]

Fun noun
[uncountable]
1 a thing that gives enjoyment or pleasure and makes you feel happy.
── quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fun_1?q=fun
The zoo is such a thing in the OP's sentence.

We have a new moderator!

I've been struggling to understand fun as a noun. Now that I see it can be replaced with enjoyable, it makes sense.

 

[MeyaN]

" It would be more tactful to wait to see if anybody..."

Was "would" used here to make the statement more polite? Or to convey that it is future/imaginary case? Or to let the reader know that's only an opinion? Please tell me.

 

[GoesStation]

" It would be more tactful to wait to see if anybody..."

Was "would" used here to make the statement more polite? Or to convey that it is future/imaginary case? Or to let the reader know that's only an opinion?

It softens the tone a little (compared to It's more polite to wait), making the statement a little more polite.

Remember not to put a space after an opening quotation mark.

 

[GoesStation]

IRemember not to put a space after an opening quotation mark.

I initially wrote Don't put a space....​ Right after posting it, I edited my suggestion to make it a little less demanding and thus, hopefully, more polite.

 

[MeyaN]

Thank you. I would take in the right spirit even if you were demanding or even impolite

 

[touchstone]

It would be more polite to refer to that member as 'Matthew'.

Asking the question that you did seems to suggest you doubt the correctness of his response. It would be more tactful to wait to see if anybody disagrees. In a forum such as this, incorrect responses will soon be corrected by other members; correct answers will be 'liked' in time by one or more members.

Thank you very much Piscean for your kind reminding. I'll take your advice in future.

 

[Rover_KE]

Thank you. I would take it in the right spirit even if you were demanding or even impolite. [STRIKE][/STRIKE]

Please don't use home-made emoticons to replce standard punctuation marks.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Thank you very much Piscean for your kind reminding.

It was not 'reminding' unless you had been told that before.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you very much, Piscean, for your kind [strike]reminding[/strike] reminder.

You need a noun after "your kind".