Hi Kellie, Something that is used quite often, and drives my wife crazy when someone like a news announcer misuses it, is there's. I.e. There's two in the box. Dave At 05:13 PM 11/18/2004, you wrote: >Another thing that gets me, and this is usually in speech, is the double is. >For example, someone might say "what it is is a service that provides books >in accessible formats..." I catch myself using the double is too and it >annoys me. I know that it wasn't always used, so how on earth did we talk >before the attack of the double is? >Kellie