> > *First, a cat is not an 'object.' > > 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'. OK's failure to point out that I should of course have written "Perhaps...cat is an 'object'" may be put down to sheer politeness on his part rather than a failure of close reading or reading-ability. But as to whether his failure to address the salient issues in the rest of the relevant post can be so generously interpreted, well,...... Donal ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html