Ant_222  +  511967 Sat, 10 May 08 09:04 AM Goodman: «So I am restrained to comment further on the correctness of “were” vs “have been”. But I will leave you this to ponder on...» Thanks for the patience, Goodman. I will keep investigating. Anton Ant_222 Joined on Sun, May 21 2006 Podolsk, Russia Contributing Member 1,717

	Ant_222  +  512547 Sun, 11 May 08 07:53 PM Vincent: Refering back to a post by Goodman: «On the contrary, taking out a window means destroying it. The compound verb "take out" has different meanings. - Colloquial: to take out someone or something means to remove the person or an object from exsistence by force or violence. So "taking out a window seems like a logical use but in reference to window, it's an overkill in meaning. Cutting out the window/ breaking the window/ breaking in through the window etc... proabably will sound more natural.» So I think it depends on what you mean: 1) Pull/Take out the windscreen, 2) or just what Goodman proposed Which is the meaning that you need? Ant_222 Verbs