In a message dated 2/12/02 1:28:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Our language can be so beautiful. I should thank you for trying. Again, do > you think it makes a difference or will the same people continue their > lackadaisical ways? > Our language is also very malleable. What American's write is not true English. English, as used in England, has at least 3 or 4 major roots but American English has even more. The only important rule in genealogy post is Who? When? Where? If those three items are neglected proper punctuation does no good at all. I'm lookin' fer Benjamin Franklin HOWELL in Simpson Co. MS 1840 - 1890. Grant W. Johnston, Chico, CA Searching for JOHNSTON, JOHNIKEN, MIDDLETON, WILKINSON, and related names in AL. MS. LA. and TX.