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It appears that Ben was asking for the traditional nomenclature of certain
grammatical categories--but not wishing to open up old linguistic wounds
dating back to the time that Latin grammar dominated English grammar.  I am
presenting here the terminology that has been applied to English:

In article <C0pGEI.86M@inews.Intel.COM> bongalon@tcad05.intel.com (Ben Bongalon) writes:
>|> In-Reply-To: <C0IEnu.Ew4@inews.Intel.COM> bongalon@tcad05.intel.com
>(Ben Bongalon)
>|> > 
>|> > Where can I find references for the names of part-of-speech
>|> > subclasses.  For example,
>|> > 
>|> > for Nouns,
>|> >    (subject,object)     ???

case [English has nominative (I), possessive (mine), and objective (me)]

>|> >    (common,proper)      ???

gender  [Most European languages have masculine and feminine, sometimes neuter]

>|> >    (singular,plural)    case(?)

number   [Homeric Greek also has dual for two.]

>|> >    Verbs,
>|> >    (past,present,future)        tense(?)

tense

>|> >    (singular,plural)            case(?)

number

Finite verbs also have:
	person -- 1st (I), 2nd (you), 3rd (he/she/it).
	mood -- indicative (stating a fact), imperative (giving an order), or
			subjuctive (stating a wish).
	voice -- active (grammatical subject is the agent) or passive (subject is
			 the patient).
	aspect -- perfect (completed) or imperfect (ongoing, habitual, or
			  continuous)

Non-finite verbs can be infinitives, participles, or gerunds.

Please note that other languages have different categories and even different
parts of speech.

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