Thanks, Paul! I got mixed up at one *part of speech*/*word class*- the numeral. :) Eduard On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Paul E. Doniger wrote... >1. Eduard does have ten listed, but he accidently wrote the number 5 twice. > >2. Quirk & Greenbaum's _A Grammar of Contemprary English_ (London: Longman, 1972) lists ten parts of speech, which they suggest may be called "form classes" (section 2.12), divided into two groups: >a -- (which they call "open class" words) noun, adjective, adverb, verb; >and >b -- (which they call "closed system" words) article, demonstrative, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection. > >The Open Class/Closed System idea seems to parallel Martha Kolln's Form & Function words. Martha, if my memory is correct, considers 13 "word classes" (a.k.a., parts of speech): 8 of the above (minus article and demonstrative), adding determiner, auxiliary, qualifier, interrogative, and particle. > >Personally, I think determiner is a much more useful term than article (and more inclusive), and auxiliary deals neatly with those troublesome verbs that aren't much like real verbs at all. If we were to vote today on what ATEG should recommend, I'd probably vote for Martha's system and for calling them by both general terms ("parts of speech" and "word classes"). I think our students are capable of understanding that two (or more) terms can apply to one concept. > >My two cents worth, > >Paul D. 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/