Phil,

It may be that "eight is the number most generally cited" for parts 
of speech, but empirically this is not correct. English has TEN parts 
of speech, if you take a dictionary and categorize the words:


1. Article
2. Noun
3. Pronoun
4. Adjective
5. Numeral

5. Verb
6. Adverb

7. Preposition
8. Conjunction
9. Interjection


Eduard 


On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Phil Bralich wrote...

>I only use the number eight as that is the most common in the 
literature.  Quirk and Greenbaum has ten; there are other 
variations.  Eight is the number most generally sited.  
>
>Phil Bralich
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: DD Farms <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Jul 26, 2006 5:42 PM
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>>Subject: Re: Grammar Terms Definitions
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>>At 03:34 PM 7/26/2006, Phil Bralich wrote:
>>>If you think that there is room for ATEG to actually change a term 
>>>like that you are likely to be in for a surprise.  Parts of Speech 
>>>is not an error.  It is not meant to cover phrases and clause and 
>>>sentence types nor should you have a more precise term for all of 
>>>them other than grammar terminology.  What you always have and 
>>>cannot realistically change are the parts of speech, the sentence 
>>>roles and sentence types.
>>
>>DD: For this late joiner, retired Latin teacher, please elucidate. 
I 
>>count 9 parts of speech, the usual 8 in Latin plus the article. 
>>{Noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, interjection, conjunction, 
>>preposition + article} The roles I think follow such things as 
>>Subject (nominative), Objects (Sometimes accusative, dative or 
>>occasionally something else.), verbal, modifiers, link words, but I 
>>am not all that sure of the official paradigm for the rest of the 
>>roles. Sentence types seem to me to be interrogative, declarative, 
>>imperative, then I am lost. { Simple, Compound, Complex?} A little 
>>help on this would be appreciated. 
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