The last issue of Syntax in the Schools included an article by Bill Robinson. In it, among other things, he argued that subordinate clauses do not usually contain subordinate ideas, i.e., the main idea is not usually in the main S/V. I'm responding to him in the next issue, which is almost ready for print, but I am interested in continuing the discussion in future issues. You can snail mail comments/articles to me at the address below, or you can send them over this list (or to me directly at [log in to unmask] We also need more articles, comments etc. for the newsletter. When it was almost impossible to publish anything about grammar, a lot of people were complaining that grammar was being given a raw deal. But now that things are opening up, I don't see very much being written. (I hope that people are preparing things for the English Journal special issue, but it shouldn't take all that long to write something short for our newsletter.) Mail articles to: Ed Vavra, DIF 112 Pennsylvania College of Technology One College Drive Williamsport, PA 17701 (717) 326-3761 ext. 7736