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 >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Grammar Terms Definitions >> >>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. >> >>To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >>and select "Join or leave the list" >> >>Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/