If you mean the examples in the 50 Lessons, many of them were sent to me by colleagues. Many of the exercises on the KISS site are also based on the analysis of jokes or humourous anecdotes. See, for example, http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/ENL111/Syntax/Practice_Ex/Index.htm and "The KISS Joke Bin" at: http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/kiss/wb/Anthology/index_jokes.htm Ed >>> [log in to unmask] 9/23/2004 4:16:16 PM >>> Ed, Where do you get those examples? No wonder your kids love grammar lessons. These are as good as The Transitive Vampire! C.W. Pollard To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/