'for free'

I think you either accept that people are going to mangle the language you were brought up to speak, or you find it very annoying. I find it annoying. It takes all sorts...

Such fun!

I think the reason for the difference in 'It was fun' and 'It was enjoyable' is that 'fun' is a noun and 'enjoyable' is an adjective. You can't say 'such enjoyable' but you can say 'such enjoyment'. The adverb 'so' can modify an adjective, but not a noun. 'Such' is needed to modify a noun. Therefore:

So beautiful, so funny, so tragic .
Such beauty, such fun, such tragedy.

The difficulty lies with the evolution of the language (as ever! ), so that these days 'fun' is being used as an adjective - "It was such a fun day" - but we haven't yet completely caught up with this in our heads, and won't allow an adverb to qualify it, even when it's being used as an adjective.

Well explained, Indinana.

Thought someone would mention that. However, according to Chambers online dictionary, 'fun' is also an intrasitive verb, a transitive verb, and an adjective. All that also the case in the 10th printed edition (2006) and in the 1988 edition repronted 1990.

Do catch up at the back there!

This is me doing a bit of catchup on GN [bigtease emoji]

repronted? hmmm

The disapprovers of 'so fun' will like this from Noddy (NODE New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998) under "usage":
"The use of 'fun' as an adjective meaning 'enjoyable', as in we had a fun evening is not fully accepted in standard English and should only be used in informal contexts. There are signs that this situation is changing, though, given the recent appearance in US English of comparative and superlative forms 'funner' and 'funnest', formed as if fun were a normal adjective."

A hugely fun way of putting it, I'm sure you'll agree

In the latest GN newsletter I see " Pendants' corner - 'for free' "

They got the apostrophe right!

My pet hate is when I'm asked to CONFIRM my name...

Sorry, all these 'rants' sound like something that should be aired on an episode of 'Grumpy Old Women' - life is to short - chill out!

Certainly not! Pedants' Corner is for serious nit-picking and taking umbrage!

And for using lots of exclamation marks!

Yes indeed!!!

Could be because fun is a noun and enjoyable an adjective , doh ! Imagine saying "so enjoyment" ......that's the equivalent of " so fun ".

Oh no, no, no!

I read an article today in which someone talked of selling land 'for cheap'..

That has to be the end of civilisation as we know it