In article <0d7143ca-45cf-44c3-9e8d-acb867c52037 at f30g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, Daniel da Silva <ddasilva at umd.edu> wrote: >>I have come across a task where I would like to scan a short 20-80 >character line of text for instances of "<verb> <noun>". Ideally ><verb> could be of any tense. In Soviet Russia, <noun> <verbs> you! -- Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Think of it as evolution in action." --Tony Rand