Question

Posted by rfvv on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:51pm.


1. Dancing is fun.

(Is 'fun' and adverb or a noun?



English - Writeacher, Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:57pm
In this sentence, it's an adjective, modifying "Dancing."


English - rfvv, Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 2:05am
fun   /fʌn/ Show Spelled
[fuhn] Show IPA
noun, verb, funned, fun·ning, adjective
–noun
1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
2. enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3. Informal . joke; kid.
–adjective
4. Informal . of or pertaining to fun, especially to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person.
5. Informal . whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.

(Thank you. According to the dictionary, it seems to be an adjective. Right? Or can 'fun' be an adjective and a noun?)

Answer 1

–noun => noun
1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
2. enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.
–verb =>verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3. Informal . joke; kid.
–adjective =>adjective

(It was errors because the environment of the explorer.)

Answer 2

In the Dictionary.com link I gave you -- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fun -- it shows that "fun" can serve either as an adjective or a noun, yes.

In your sentence, I believe it's an adjective -- a predicate adjective, actually, since it is describing "dancing" from the other side of the linking verb.

To see what I mean, I'll write some other sentences which have OTHER adjectives in the predicate nominative position:

Dancing is good for you.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/good

Dancing is tiresome.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tiresome

Dancing is healthful.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/healthful

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm#predicate
You can scroll down a bit and read about predicate adjectives here.