Re: How do you know if an English word is: verb, adj, etc.?

Donna Richoux <trio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

J. J. Lodder <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<maasultan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


What all of you are saying is true but that is not where I am
heading!

If you have a number (say 10) you can check if that number >0 by
writing thing like: If 10 < 0 then....etc.

Now, say I have an English word such as "large" and I want to say
thing like: If "large" is adj, then...etc.

I need a rule or something so a computer code can check to make a
decision. Is there such a rule in ENGLISH?

Of course there is.
It is called 'dictionary'.
Applying the rule is called 'looking up'.
If it says n it's noun, if it says v it's verb.

Simple, isn't it?

Sorry, Jan, that makes no sense. The point is that many, many words are
listed in dictionaries as both as nouns and as verbs. In a given
context, how is a computer or simple look-up device supposed to know
whether a word is being used as a noun or a verb? The answer is grammar,
natural underlying grammar.

It makes perfect sense in the context of his crazy question.
Aparently he wants his computer to deal with -decisions- like
\if <house is verb> \then <god only knows what action> \endif

The dictionary algorithm is adequate for that,
for it will produce the required Boolean.
He didn't specify that
\if <house is verb> and \if <house is noun>
need to produce mutually exclusive results.

Jan
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