As in my post of a few minutes ago, I agree with Bill. Craig's sentence "Global warming may not effect local temperatures" doesn't make sense to me. Local temperature exists at all times. Global warming may effect (cause) _changes_ in local temperatures, but if you want to say that warming will cause some kind of change in temperatures, you would say "Global warming may affect local temperatures." A subtle business. Small wonder people get confused. Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Dept. Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184 Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596 Dept. fax: 805-756-6374 E-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba 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/