Paul, what I should have said was that we can all agree that the word chair is often used as a noun. 

 

We could spend a lot of time searching for example nouns that are never used as members of other word classes, but if we confined ourselves to that kind of word for examples, we would be limiting the usefulness of our examples.

 

So I send you the word chair, and one possible picture in your mind is the responsibility of someone to be acquainted with Roberts Rules of Order.  This is in addition to the other pictures that I presented.  As a result, the word by itself has even more possible interpretations to be clarified by surrounding words.  

 

That monkey wrench strengthens the argument.  

 

Thanks,  Jean 

 

Jean Waldman, retired lecturer,

University of Maryland  

 

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