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   Anton Shepelev to Ardith Hinton   
   Some issues from some books   
   30 Sep 23 00:11:28   
   
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   Ardith Hinton:   
      
   >     1)  From my POV there's general agreement as to the eight parts of speech   
   >         I learned about in my youth.  I know I can count on the dictionary in   
   >         almost any European language to employ the same terminology even if I   
   >         don't understand their idea of gender.  And until you & Anton started   
   >         asking more advanced questions the Russians seemed content... [grin].   
   >   
   >     2)  During the 1960's various linguists objected to the old rules & tried   
   >         to make improvements... one of which I suspect may be the addition of   
   >         the word "particle" in this context.  Not all dictionaries include it   
   >         because it's not universally accepted & if you find it at all you may   
   >         find little or no general agreement as to what it means.  At least if   
   >         e.g. somebody adds articles to the parts of speech I get the picture,   
   >         because I already know the term "article" as a subset of "adjective".   
   >   
      
   Is possible -- two perfect bricks!   
      
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