Madhulk  +  510023 Mon, 05 May 08 08:04 PM A man tells about the death of his wife. "When Kate died I got a call from my life insurance company.  Here's my wife of 8 years dies in a freak accident. Now they just wanna cut me a check."   Does the underlined mean something like "We were married for 8 years"? Madhulk Joined on Mon, Dec 17 2007 Bulgaria Senior Member 3,177 THE MAN OF STEEL

	Grammar Geek  +  510026 Mon, 05 May 08 08:08 PM More like "The woman I was married to for 8 years..." (It's an odd thing to say. If it was his life insurance company, insuring them both, and she died, shouldn't he expect a check??) Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,669 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Madhulk  +  510048 Mon, 05 May 08 09:05 PM  Thanks, Grammar Geek! Madhulk