you know what always irritates me just a little? It's when someone says the following: > > He's been called the greatest American writer of all time. His bestselling > novel, "The [sic] Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — the book, Ernest > Hemingway wrote, from which "all American literature comes" > > Now, perhaps I'm splitting hairs here. But Hemingway never said this. A character in one of his stories said it. Which means, it's like saying Poe once said that "I looked for the opportunity to dismember him" (Tell-tale Heart). Is it just me here? I beg you, members of the guild -- please help me to overcome my own rather severe weaknesses on this extremely trivial matter... best, -hb -- Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Professor of English Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>