Work would be much more fun -- Fun: noun or adjective?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello,

If I could bring my dog to work, work would be much more fun.

I wonder if “fun” is an adjective or noun in the sentence. If the verb is “have” then I have no choice: a noun. But here the verb is “be”. So What do you think? Is it an adjective or a noun?

Thank you in advance,
Sweetpumpkin

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In your example “fun” is a noun.

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“Nothing promotes efficiency like a sleeping dog at arms length.”

Unfortunately, I can’t remember the source for this quote.

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I think it’s “at arm’s length”.

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I think it is ‘at an arm’s length’. But I see it as you say, Torsten. What’s the correct idiom?

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Hi Lawrence, as far as I know, the correct idiom is “at arm’s length”.

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Thank you, Torsten. It stands confirmed now.

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In addition to forgetting the apostrophe, I probably misremembered the quote. “At arms length” usually means a distance to be maintained, when what I meant was “within reach.”

As to @Anglophile’s “at an arms length”, he may have been thinking of the similar term about “an arm’s length transaction”.

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I’ve just found a similar use here:

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I think in “an arm’s length transaction” the idiom functions as an adjective.

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