I asked my students to try to come up with sentences in which "think" is used as a transitive verb. Did they ever. After "I think evil thoughts" and "I think it will rain," both of which seem to qualify, they came up with several that are puzzling me: I think too much. Martha Kolln says "much" can be an indefinite pronoun, so perhaps it is a direct object, but what about "too"? Can a qualifier like "too" modify an indefinite pronoun? Martha says qualifiers (some call 'em intensifiers) can modify adjectives and adverbs. So is "much" an adverb? Of manner? Help? And what about this one: I think about many things. Martha suggests a prepositional phrase can function as a subject complement, as in "the fighter seems out of shape," but can it also function as a direct object? Aren't students wonderful? I told them I would post these to the list and report back with your responses. Peter Adams 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/