I'm guessing, because I never asked my students, but I think the word
"classes" would confuse them.  They might either think of a class they go
to or economic classes.  How about word groups or word types?
Jan


On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Eduard C. Hanganu wrote:

> Phil,
> 
> I would appreciate if you explained why viewing *parts of speech* as 
> innacurate (because it restricts the definition to utterances)and 
> considering the term *word classes* (because this is just what 
> grammars do - classsify words into morphological classes) would be 
> consideredd *poor thinking.* What evidence supports your position?
> 
> Eduard 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Phil Bralich wrote...
> 
> >Highly doubtful.  Parts of Speech as the term for the categories of 
> isoated=
> > words is just not a problem.   Viewing it as inaccurate is just 
> poor think=
> >ing and will be viewed as such by others.  If you write the 
> arguments given=
> > early you will only mark the group as one that is dominated by poor 
> thinki=
> >ng.  You will not affect a change. =20
> >
> >Phil Bralich
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