LINGUIST List 14.3514

Thu Dec 18 2003

Disc: New: "Fun" as Adjective

Editor for this issue: Sarah Murray <sarahlinguistlist.org>

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1. Joe LaCour, "fun" as adjective

"Key" would be another example of a noun used as an adjective that
somehow does not ring true as predicate adjeective. Although "The game
was fun" works, "The game was key" does not seem to.

Any comments on this?

-Joe LaCour
lestertradonline.fr