How to Play a Very Fun Game and Get Rid of Your English Teachers
by Owen Fourie
Six English teachers
sitting on the wall;
six English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Johnny say,
Let’s have some fun.
No problem here;
see, there are
six English teachers
sitting on the wall.
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Six English teachers
sitting on the wall;
six English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Jimmy say,
Let’s have a fun party.
One English teacher
fell from the wall.
Five English teachers
sitting on the wall.
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Five English teachers
sitting on the wall;
five English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Jenni say,
Let’s have a funner party.
Another English teacher
fell from the wall.
Four English teachers
sitting on the wall.
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Four English teachers
sitting on the wall;
four English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Jackie say,
Let’s have the funnest party.
Another English teacher
fell from the wall.
Three English teachers
sitting on the wall.
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Three English teachers
sitting on the wall;
three English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Julie say,
See how he funs at the party.
Another English teacher
fell from the wall.
Two English teachers
sitting on the wall.
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Two English teachers
sitting on the wall;
two English teachers
sitting on the wall
heard Jamey say,
I see him funning at the party?
Another English teacher
fell from the wall.
One English teacher
sitting on the wall.
*
One English teacher
sitting on the wall;
one English teacher
sitting on the wall
heard Jerry say,
I saw how he funned at the party.
That one English teacher
fell from the wall.
No English teachers
sitting on the wall.
🙁
Fun as a noun
While you are having such fun, those poor English teachers are not having a funner time. What is their problem?
Their problem is that there is no fun beyond the noun fun.
No teachers fell off the wall when Johnny said, “Let’s have some fun.” He used fun as a noun, so that was fine.
Fun as an adjective
The problem started when Jimmy said, “Let’s have a fun party.” He used fun as an adjective. Dictionaries allow this for informal use, but many teachers don’t like such fun at all.
When Jenni thought they could do better by having a funner party than the last one they attended, she, too, used an adjective allowed by dictionaries for informal use, but many teachers still have a problem.
Jackie was keen to see them have the funnest party ever. She also used an adjective, which is fine if it is used informally, but teachers will not allow this in your essays.
Fun as a verb
Julie seemed to break new ground when she used the word funs as a verb, but this is also in the dictionaries and is used informally. Teachers will not allow it in your essays or formal speech, though.
Jamey and Jerry continued the barrage of verbs with funning and funned to get rid of their English teachers who can’t tolerate such usage.
To act in a joking or playful manner would define the verbs funs, funning, and funned.
You can still have fun
Permit me to leave you with this word of advice: In your formal writing and speaking, be sure to use fun as a noun and leave its use as an adjective and a verb for your informal situations.
Now, I have to attend to my wounds from falling off that high wall. It wasn’t a “very fun” time. Ouch! “Very fun” does not sound right to me. I’ll stick to using fun only as a noun.
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