Talk:worlds

RFD discussion: May 2021–January 2023

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Adverb sense. This is just sense 11 of world: "A great amount". You can replace "it is worlds funnier" by "it is a world funnier" or "it is a great deal funnier" or (I think) "it is a great amount funnier". See, for instance, [1]. This, that and the other (talk) 05:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Delete per nom, but perhaps there should also be a ux with a comparative at world, sense 11. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 16:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Good suggestion; I added a somewhat silly one. This, that and the other (talk) 07:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Does one imply the other? Something can be "a (good/great) deal funnier" but not "deals funnier". Equinox ◑ 00:44, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

I feel like deal is special because it no longer has that sense outside the set phrase. This, that and the other (talk) 10:48, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

We have a definition for loads, tho "a load" would suffice. DAVilla 21:40, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Interesting point. The second comedian was a lot funnier sounds fine but The second comedian was lots funnier sounds like a mistake a child would make. Turning it around, a load funnier and a heap funnier sound strange to me. I guess what we're asking here is, is a world/worlds different to these? This, that and the other (talk) 10:48, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Do we have any tests of "adverbness" we could use to check whether this is an adverb vs just the plural of the noun? I notice we are not only inconsistent in which plurals have senses for this kind of thing, but also inconsistent in what part of speech we say they are; tons has the relevant sense as a noun (and as plural-only, even though the singular also occurs, e.g. google books:"is a ton better than", "not a ton better than"), as does lots, whereas loads and worlds have it as an adverb. Of course, that's on top of the fact that language itself is 'inconsistent' in which words can occur in X was a foobar funnier than Y, which can occur in X was foobars funnier than Y, and which can occur in both (and which can occur in neither), which might or might not make it worthwhile to document which ones do occur. - -sche (discuss) 17:28, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

• Kept for no consensus Celui qui crée ébauches de football anglais (talk) 23:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)