The way I deal with what Peter is talking about is to say that some words belong to more than one class. You can tell from context which class is in question in a particular sentence. THis may be an oversimplification, but I am dealing with beginners even at the college level. I also appeal somewhat to prototype theory, and discuss the fact that some words are on their way into a category as a historical change, but aren't all the way there yet. Some students are comfortable with "together" as both adverb and adjective; some less so. Many older people don't accept "party" as a verb. Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Dept. Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184 Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596 Dept. fax: 805-756-6374 E-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba 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/