The way I deal with what Peter is talking about is to say that some  
words belong to more than one class. You can tell from context which  
class is in question in a particular sentence. THis may be an  
oversimplification, but I am dealing with beginners even at the  
college level.

I also appeal somewhat to prototype theory, and discuss the fact that  
some words are on their way into a category as a historical change,  
but aren't all the way there yet. Some students are comfortable with  
"together" as both adverb and adjective; some less so. Many older  
people don't accept "party" as a verb.

Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Linguistics Minor Advisor
English Dept.
Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184
Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596
Dept. fax: 805-756-6374
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URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba

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