Dear all, I wonder whether the following sentence is acceptable for the native speakers of English amongst you: John gave Mary a book and a record to Peter. Thanks a lot for your help, Berthold -- Berthold Crysmann <crysmann at dfki.de> Deutsches Forschungszentrum Kuenstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 D-66123 Saarbruecken