I wrote: 'Indeed, to appeal to it as a precedence which legitimates current usage makes no sense when it comes from those for whom established practice is a merely descriptive expression.' Should have written: Indeed, to appeal to it as a precedence which legitimates current usage makes no sense when it comes from those for whom established practice is a merely _a_ descriptive expression. RP Reed ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html