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
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>>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.
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