Are puns grammatically incorrect?

No, idioms and puns are not the same thing, but they are not completely different either. Idioms are puns are closely related to one another.

An idiom is a phrase that does not have a literal meaning. However, a pun is a joke or humor created by playing with words with more than one meaning or a similar sound.

Puns can be created by twisting idioms to create witty sentences. But idioms cannot be created from puns.

The following are the different types of puns in English:

1. Homophonic Puns: Uses words with same sound but different spellings or meanings.

2. Homographic Puns: Uses words with same spellings, but different meanings or pronunciations.

3. Homonymic Puns: Uses one word with multiple meanings.

4. Compound Puns: Combines two or more puns in a sentence.

5. Visual Puns: Uses images to represent a pun.

6. Equivoque Puns: Uses ambiguous words or phrases deliberately.

A pun is a joke or a form of wordplay in English that uses a phrase or a word to create a sentence with two or more meanings. It is usually done by using word/s with:

• Same sound but different meaning or spelling
• Multiple meanings
• Same spelling with different pronunciations and meanings

Examples:

• “The librarian checked out. She had too many overdue dates.”
• “Claustrophobia is a little room for improvement.”
• “The optometrist fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself.”

Some of the foolproof means to identify Irony are as follows:

·       Look for the outcome which is opposite to the expectations.

·       Can change the overall tone or mood of the plot, either from comedy to tragedy or vice versa.

·       Brings a surge in emotions, either in terms of humour, tragedy, or surprise.