Helllo, Teachers, Which one is correct?

[Harry12345]

Helllo, Teachers, Which one is correct?

Aid you go to the park with your friends yesterday?
B:Yes, ______________

A What a fun!　　Ｂ　How a fun!　　Ｃ　What fun! D How fun!
Thank you!

 

[BobK]

The question is wrong - the word is 'yesterday'!;-)

As for the answer, teschers don't just provide answers here. What do you think?

b

 

[engee30]

Besides, there's something wrong with either the comma or the capital letters in the answers to choose from.

 

[Harry12345]

The question is wrong - the word is 'yesterday'!;-)

As for the answer, teschers don't just provide answers here. What do you think?

b

BobK;704354， teacher,I'm not just for answer. I chose C What fun, but the answer given in the book is D How fun, I got confused. So I come here and hope to get an explanation.

Now, you give me another answer B, it makes me more confused. Could you please explain it for me? Thank you!

 

[5jj]

BobK;704354， teacher,I'm not just for answer. I chose C What fun, but the answer given in the book is D How fun, I got confused. So I come here and hope to get an explanation.
You are right. The book is wrong.

Now, you give me another answer B, it makes me more confused. Could you please explain it for me? Thank you!

He didn't give the answer as B. He signed off with a lower case initial, as I might now -

f

 

[2006]

BobK;704354， teacher,I'm not just for answer. I chose C What fun, but the answer given in the book is D How fun, I got confused. So I come here and hope to get an explanation.

Thank you!

"What fun!" is short for 'What fun it was!'

 

[birdeen's call]

You are right. The book is wrong.

I believe "how fun" is correct too, at least in American English. I've heard it many times.

 

[2006]

I believe "how fun" is correct too, at least in American English. I've heard it many times.

I don't doubt that you have, probably from teenagers. But I wouldn't recommend that you learn English from teenagers.

 

[birdeen's call]

I don't doubt that you have, probably from teenagers. But I wouldn't recommend that you learn English from teenagers.

Thank you for your recommendation. I have heard it from adults mostly. (I have little contact with American youth.)

Do you not accept that using "fun" as an adjective is correct in informal contexts?

 

[Offroad]

What an interesting topic!

If I may, I would like to say a few words.

I may be mistaken, obviously. But I have seen/heard many native English speakers say/write:

What nice a car.
What a nice car.
How fun it was.
How fun.
What a beautiful girl
How beautiful she is.

'What fun' is new to me, as would 'What beautiful girl she is'.

 

[bhaisahab]

What an interesting topic!

If I may, I would like to say a few words.

I may be mistaken, obviously. But I have seen/heard many native English speakers say/write:

What nice a car.
What a nice car.
How fun it was.
How fun.
What a beautiful girl
How beautiful she is.

'What fun' is new to me, as would 'What beautiful girl she is'.

I seriously doubt that a native speaker would say "What nice a car". I am doubtful about "How fun" as well. "What beautiful girl she is" is also extremely unlikely in my opinion.

 

[engee30]

@Offroad - in case of a doubt, refer to a dictionary:
Definition of fun noun (PLEASURE) from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

 

[2006]

Thank you for your recommendation. I have heard it from adults mostly. (I have little contact with American youth.)

Do you not accept that using "fun" as an adjective is correct in informal contexts?
I didn't say that.
In "What fun!", "fun" is not an adjective; it is a noun. "fun" is an adjective in 'It's a fun game.'
Anyway, I would not accept "How fun!" as an acceptable answer to the question in the OP.

2006

 

[birdeen's call]

I asked about the adjectival meaning of "fun" because, if we accept it, "How fun!" seems to have the same structure as "How beautiful!" or "How wonderful!" which are surely correct.

 

[Offroad]

Are these correct?

I have as good a voice as you.
She is too polite a person to refuse.
How good a pianist is he?
I couldn't afford that big a car.

I wonder if they are old English.

Thank you.

 

[TheParser]

Are these correct?

I have as good a voice as you.
She is too polite a person to refuse.
How good a pianist is he?
I couldn't afford that big a car.

I wonder if they are old English.

Thank you.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Offroad,


(1) I believe that your first sentence does not qualify as

"old English." It is, I think, just an adverbial clause. Here is

an example from Descriptive English Grammar by House & Harman:

(I have changed it slightly)

You are as small as I. = You are small in the degree in which I am small.

(2) Your other examples, according to Harper's English Grammar by

Professor John B. Opdycke, would be labeled idioms, not "old English."

He explains:

Ear is the deciding factor in most such idioms.

He explains that the regular order is grammatical, but English

speakers refuse to accept it. That is, it is grammatical --according

to Dr. Opdycke -- to say:

She is a too polite person to refuse.

A how good pianist is he?

I couldn't afford a that big car.

But native speakers' ears consider such an arrangement as

(in Dr. Opdycke's words) "awkward and ridiculous."

Here are some more examples of his:

How excellent a view.

So sweet a story.

Too great a sacrifice.

If you put those three in "regular" order, native speakers would

reject them as ungrammatical.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

 

[Offroad]

... so they are correct English!

 

[TheParser]

... so they are correct English!

100% "correct"!!!

 

[2006]

I asked about the adjectival meaning of "fun" because, if we accept it, "How fun!" seems to have the same structure as "How beautiful!" or "How wonderful!" which are surely correct.

But the fact is that (most) native speakers don't say 'How fun (that was)!' That "fun" is a noun; "beautiful" and "wonderful" are adjectives.

And we don't say things like 'How a cook she is!' "(cook" is a noun.)
We say 'What a cook she is!'

 

[5jj]

But the fact is that (most) native speakers don't say 'How fun (that was)!' That "fun" is a noun; "beautiful" and "wonderful" are adjectives.

And we don't say things like 'How a cook she is!' "(cook" is a noun.)
We say 'What a cook she is!'

I include myself in the '(most) native speakers'. I would not accept as correct that from a student, and I am more liberal than some of my colleagues.