** Reply to note from Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]> Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:24:44 -0500 Professor G. R. Carmichael wrote, "I appreciate Ruth's provision of this information. It is much more interesting to me than conference attendance and room reservations at the conference." __________________________ Since I, as nearly I can tell, seem to be the provider of the "less interesting" information, I have a grammatical question: if 'flame' is a transitive verb, is "Was I just flamed?" an appropriate question? ______________________________________________________________________ Dave Sawyer, local host, ATEG-2000 <http://sites.netscape.net/desawyer> North Hennepin Community College 7411 85th Ave. N. Brookly Park, MN 55445 H: (612) 929-3713; (O) (612) 424-0732 [log in to unmask]