Ok Lill, you got me...I get something on my mind and I can't let it rest until I find out what it is.....What in the HELL is a participle? I'm not that dumb, I was just probably thinking about a mini-skirt or something along that line when the participle lesson was being taught. I don't want any text book version either...think..think..think.."how can I put this in a way that IC will understand?"