Hello again... I just delivered my short basics course, and it went -- well, I wouldn't say swimmingly, but better than I expected. A problem arose when I tried to get legal secretaries to recognize sentence fragments. I gave several examples of sentence fragments and tried to explain where either subject or verb was missing by defining the parts of speech (e.g. "Some of the attorneys working on the Phillips case"; I defined "working" as an adjective modifying "attorneys," etc.) Perhaps not surprisingly, I wasn't getting across to some people. Any other tips on getting people to recognize sentence fragments? This wasn't as big a problem with the lawyers; though they tend to write in fragments, they can usually spot them and know how to make corrections. But it was a problem for secretaries and proofreaders. Thanks for all the tips on this project. I'm confident I made sense to at least half the class ;-) _______________________________________________ Brenda S. Campbell Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. 600 Atlantic Ave. Boston, MA 02210 (617) 720-3500 (voice) (617) 720-2441 (fax) _______________________________________________