Dear List, How would you describe "exciting" in the following sentence? <What had been exciting gave her a feeling of dazed helplessness.> How would you explain your reasoning to 7th graders? Thanks, Scott Woods 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/