Pet Peeve Rant Dept.
Listening to media people these
days can be not so very fun.
When the Queen was coronated
sixty years ago, speaking
English properly was a basic
requirement for employment
as a communicator on radio and
television.
As a child, grammatical slip ups
were met with immediate and
consistent correction.
Answering, "Good" to the question
"How are you?" elicited
"No, you are well", usually from
Mom.
Any wonder so fun, very fun and
coronated rattle?
Fun is a noun.
Nouns (and pronouns) are modified
by adjectives.
So and very are adverbs, not adjectives.
(Adverbs modify adjectives).
Such is an adjective,
Therefore, saying such fun is correct.
Coronate is not an English word.
There is no such verb, to coronate
A Coronation is the ceremony
where monarchs are crowned.
(the verb is to crown).
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