Q Directions: Grammarians love to have people classify nonsense words to show that we can tell part of speech by function. To see what you already know about parts of speech in English, try classifying some of the words from the first stanza of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky." 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogroves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Question 1 brillig

Q Question 2 toves Question 3 gimble Question 4 mimsy Directions: Noam Chomsky, the famous linguist, also illustrated this point with a sentence that makes no sense but "works" grammatically: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Notice, however, that we can't use nonsense words in place of function words. They are essential. Try identifying the words in the following sentence by function. With a snarl, Myrtle turned on her evil tormenters and soon was chasing them down the hall. Question 5 snarl

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