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 thinking 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 thinking.  You will not affect a change.  

Phil Bralich

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Paul E. Doniger" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 26, 2006 6:09 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Grammar Terms Definitions
>
>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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