> I wish I could put a word in somebody's mouth. Or a sock. I asked some days ago if you could perhaps not append long lists of citations from dictionaries, etc., to your messages. I should think that few want to read them, and that many have access to them elsewhere. Such lists do not bolster your arguments as far as I can see. Let me stick out my neck a bit further. Too often, it seems to me, you respond with a frivolous 'quip' to someone's serious argument and so sidetrack any further serious discussion of it. I do enjoy some of your posts immensely, but of late there have been too many of them and most are off the mark. I may reply to Mr Geary soon! Sincerely, Sue Townsend Northridge ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html