> > Again it seems to me there is a clear sense in which "a cat", such as my cat Tinka, is an object. Perhaps you can clarify how there is no sense in which a cat is not an 'object'. A cat isn't an object when it is part of an activity or in the background. The subject/object distinction exists only in situations where one is regarding the other. yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html