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,