Peter,
 
Could you clarify your comments? Which of my replies to Bill are you referencing? I don't remember ever writing: "trifling matters such as irregular plurals."  This doesn't even sound like me; irregular plurals are more interesting to me than trifling (as Sir Toby Belch, I even get to speak one: "A plague on these pickled herring" -- no '-s' -- I love it!). 
 
Also, which of Bill's points did I seem to fail to understand? 
 
For the record, I have checked my "sent" box and can't find a response written by me directly to any of Bill's postings in at least the last two months (nothing personal, Bill; I usually agree with you). Peter, I'm confused by your posting.
 
Thanks,
 
Paul



----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Adams <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:54:43 AM
Subject: Re: Paul's Solution to Re: Grammar Terms Definitions

I want to add my thanks to Bill Spruiell for his well reasoned post concerning the discoverability of the word classes and to thank him for his attempt to maintain a tone that is respectful on this list.  

Paul's reply seems to indicate his failure to understand the points Bill made rather than the other way around.  Bill did not mention "trifling matters such as irregular plurals."  He pointed out that large classes of words that are normally considered nouns are not pluralizable, which is quite different from being "irregular" in the formation of their plurals.  



Peter Adams
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