"I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's the absolute funnest show you could make." - Simon Cowell, in Entertainment Weekly, on his new variety show, America's Got Talent
Simon has incorrectly used an adjective to modify another adjective. The modified adjective is itself a colloquialism.
The word "funnest" is becoming increasingly more common in everyday speech; however, it remains colloquial and should not be used in standard written English or formal speech. The proper way to make "fun" into a superlative is to precede it with the adverb "most."
Some people believe that "fun" should be used only as a noun and that its use as an adjective is colloquial as well. The standards of American English accept "fun" as an adjective more readily than those of British English. Consider avoiding the use of "fun" as an adjective in your writing; use a word like "enjoyable," "amusing," or "entertaining" instead.
The use of the adjective "absolute" to modify the adjective that follows is incorrect. An adjective cannot modify another adjective. Only an adverb can modify an adjective. Change "absolute" to "absolutely" and change the syntax of the sentence to conform to the standard usage of this word.
This version of Simon's statement corrects the error:
"I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's absolutely the most entertaining show you could make."
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