When English speakers add a new noun like email to our language, this violates our rule against creating new members of a CLOSED CLASS of words. O False Which of the following tests always helps us decide that we have an adverb...? None of the above. We define parts of speech by the meaning of the word; for example, a noun is a noun because it names a person, place or thing. O False Which of the following tests always helps us decide that we have a verb...? We can add “can” to the sentence. We make sense of what we are saying or reading by understanding the words involved; as long as we know the meaning of the words in the sentence, we can understand the sentence. O False Descriptive grammar is not concerned with whether or not a phrase or sentence is “socially correct”. o True Which of the following parts of speech is a closed class ? The author's friend Joe thought that the Virgin Mary had started a fire in a monastery. o True Studying grammar improves your writing by emphasizing correctness. O False
