1. Grammatical Categories

2. Determiners (D) (1)The Determiner-Adjective Rule A Determiner points to the noun it goes with and who it belongs to; An Adjective gives background information about the noun.

3. D has an N connected and points Pre-DDAdj ____________________________ quantifierall, bothsome, many, many, few halfall, few(er), any, much, no, every, less, etc. articlethe, a demonstrativethat, this, those, these possessivemy, etc., NP's interrogativewhose, what, which, etc. numeralone, two, etc.one, two, etc.

4. AUX helps other verbs (1)I am reading the book in my hand. (2)I have worked here for 15 years. (3)That reindeer may be working too hard. (4)*I must a book. Not AUX (5)I have a book (6) I am a student

5. Modal auxiliaries

6. List of AUXs Havewill, would Becan, could (get)shall, should may, might, must Ought to Need dare

7. C: coordinator and complementizer

8. C and other uses: after After she left, it rained.prepositionafter him asFair as the moon is, it…degree adverbas nice Because Because she left, …-- before Before it snowed, it rained.prepositionbefore me forI expect for you to do that.prepositionfor Santa ifIf she wins, that will be great-- soHe was tired, so he went to sleepadverbso tired thatI know that the earth is round.Dthat book when I wonder when it will happen.adverbHe left when? whileShe played soccer, while he sleptnounA short while

9. The Preposition- Complementizer-Adverb Rule (1)A Preposition introduces a noun (e.g. about the book); a Complementizer introduces a sentence (e.g. because he left); and an Adverb is on its own (e.g. She went out; and Unfortunately, she left).

10. All categories together LexicalNcloud, sun, love, kitchen, house Vknow, see, paint, swim Adjgood, nice, friendly Advactually, now, there, sometimes, where Pto, from, on, in front of Grammatical Dthe, that, my, one, whose AUXmay, have, be Cand, that, because PronounsPronI, yourself, who, mine, someone

11. Find the D, AUX, and C MUnicycling is the act of riding a one-wheel bike off road. It is also known as Rough Terrain or All Terrain Unicycling and, in the past decade, has become the hottest trend around in the unicycling community. Off road terrain is, of course, uneven and mountains have gradients, rocks and other obstacles to get in the way of the intrepid unicyclist.

12. Pronouns Personal:I, you, he, she, it, we, they and me, him, her, us, them Reflexive:myself, yourself, … Interrogative:who, whom, … Possessive:mine

13. Pronoun vs D Pronoun is on its own; D goes with N What to do: (1)What would be solved if all chose two?

14. New words (from Merr-W) bubble noun.... 5 : a state of booming economic activity (as in a stock market) that often ends in a sudden collapse dead-cat bounce noun [from the facetious notion that even a dead cat would bounce slightly if dropped from a sufficient height] (1985) : a brief and insignificant recovery (as of stock prices) after a steep decline golden handcuffs noun plural (1976) : special benefits offered to an employee as an inducement to continue service headhunt.... transitive verb (1969) : to recruit (personnel and especially executives) for top-level jobs intransitive verb : to recruit personnel for top-level jobs

15. avatar noun.... 4 : an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game or an online shopping site) convergence.... noun.... 4 : the merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole dot-commer.... noun (1997) : a person who owns or works for a dot-com killer app noun (1988) : a computer application of such great value or popularity that it assures the success of the technology with which it is associated; broadly : a feature or component that in itself makes something worth having lurk.... intransitive verb.... 3 : to read messages on an Internet discussion forum (as a newsgroup or a chat room) without contributing information (as addresses, schedules, and notes)

16. anandamide.... noun [Sanskrit ānanda joy, bliss + English amide] (1992) : a derivative of arachidonic acid that occurs naturally in the brain and in some foods (as chocolate) and that binds to the same brain receptors as the cannabinoids (as THC) barista.... noun [Italian, person working behind a bar, from bar bar (from English) + -ista 1-ist] (1982) : a person who makes and serves coffee (as espresso) to the public Frankenfood.... noun [Franken- (as in Frankenstein) + food] (1992) : genetically engineered food longneck.... noun (1978) : beer served in a bottle that has a long neck wheatgrass.... noun (1668) : any of a genus (Agropyron) of perennial grasses including some which are important pasture, hay, or turf grasses [NB: dropped from C8 and added for C11]

17. Conclusion Lexical and grammatical categories –N, V, Adj, Adv, P –D, AUX, C –Pronouns –D vs pronoun? –Adv vs P? –C vs P?

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19. and I lately lost a preposition It hid, I thought, beneath my chair And angrily I cried, `perdition! Up from out of in under there.” Correctness is my vade mecum, And straggling phrases I abhor, And yet I wondered, “What should he come Up from out of in for?” (Morris Bishop)

20. Carl Sandburg