In a message dated 6/28/2004 9:19:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx writes: Another example that came to mind was: "He tries and [he] tries." From the Bulwer-Lytton Contest, something like: "Andre waited, and almost immediately, waited again." ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html