Thanks, Paul!

I got mixed up at one *part of speech*/*word class*- the numeral. :)

Eduard 




On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Paul E. Doniger wrote...

>1. Eduard does have ten listed, but he accidently wrote the number 5 
twice.
> 
>2. Quirk & Greenbaum's _A Grammar of Contemprary English_ (London: 
Longman, 1972) lists ten parts of speech, which they suggest may be 
called "form classes" (section 2.12), divided into two groups: 
>a -- (which they call "open class" words) noun, adjective, adverb, 
verb;
>and
>b -- (which they call "closed system" words) article, demonstrative, 
pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection.
> 
>The Open Class/Closed System idea seems to parallel Martha Kolln's 
Form & Function words. Martha, if my memory is correct, considers 
13 "word classes" (a.k.a., parts of speech): 8 of the above (minus 
article and demonstrative), adding determiner, auxiliary, qualifier, 
interrogative, and particle.
> 
>Personally, I think determiner is a much more useful term than 
article (and more inclusive), and auxiliary deals neatly with those 
troublesome verbs that aren't much like real verbs at all.  If we 
were to vote today on what ATEG should recommend, I'd probably vote 
for Martha's system and for calling them by both general terms 
("parts of speech" and "word classes"). I think our students are 
capable of understanding that two (or more) terms can apply to one 
concept.
> 
>My two cents worth,
> 
>Paul D.

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