Wine, water, and other beverages are sold in Litres at my local markets,
although I admit, milk products still come in gallons and quarts(but saffron is
sold by the gram). The metric system has had some successes. We may be slow to
change as a society, but change does happen. I think we can make soem
changes/additions to the old Latin based terminology without throwing the baby
out with the bathwater.

Paul D.

--- Peter Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 7/26/06 10:46:14 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> 
> > 
> > Parts of Speech if fine for me.  It recognizes the more primary aspect of 
> > language as Speech.  The ability to analyze all Speech (not just writing) is
> 
> > what grammar offers. 
> > 
> 
> But wouldn't phrases and clauses and, for that matter, paragraphs also 
> qualify as parts of speech?   It seems to me that "word classes" captures much
> more 
> precisely the meaning we intend.   I fear that parts of speech doesn't only 
> "recognize the more primary aspect of language as speech," but it could be 
> understood as applying only to speech, which, of course, is not the case.  
> "Word 
> classes" more accurately captures the fact that what we are talking about is a
> 
> feature of both speech and writing.   I would love to see the term "word 
> classes" used more widely.
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Adams
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