Re: Capiltalisation

In article <457d32a9$0$32013$fa0fcedb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Blue Sow <blue@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Tony Mountifield wrote:
In article <mOHeh.2560$Dr3.1404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Briggs <john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tony Mountifield wrote:
I'm not sure about that. If you say "My coat", isn't "my" being used
adjectivally?
Strictly speaking, it is a determiner (or an article!) rather than an
adjective.

That may be its function, but its part of speech is still adjective.

Just before posting this, to be sure I wasn't talking rubbish (it happens),
I consulted my handy "Pocket Dictionary of Current English" (OUP):

my - a. of, belonging to, affecting me.

where the "a." means "adjective".


While the OED suggests 'possessive adjective (in modern usage also classed as a
determiner)'

Interesting... has "modern usage" increased the number of parts of speech,
or just sub-classified them?

Cheers
Tony
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