An article in the Toronto Star on the death of the apostrophe (and perhaps more punctuation) is interesting, citing both Naomi Baron and David Crystal. The URL is http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1149504308482&call_pageid=991479973472&col=991929131147 Enjoy! Max 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/