Dear Professor Warkington, Please accept my apologies for mis-sending to the whole list a statement (from the midst of an entirely other context and from an ongoing a private conversation) that cited you as as authority. I am mortified by the effects of my carelessness. Your work has long been especially important to me and that's why I cited your approval of the thread to prove my point to my private correspondant. I know that at least one reader however has gotten the wrong impression, and I am really sorry. Your, Meredith Skura -- Meredith Anne Skura Libby Shearn Moody Professor of English English Department MS-30 Rice University 6100 South Main St Houston, Texas 77005-1892 713/348/2467 (phone and voice-mail) 713/348/5991 (fax)