On 11/27/05, at 12:38 PM, Neil lists at mac.com said: >That sounds like a typo, or a mistake. I mean, if you confronted the guy >who wrote the ad and told him he should have written 20 cents instead of .20 >cents, do you think he would have still insisted that he meant .20 cents? There are times when prices for commodities are quoted in fractions of a cent so it's not too pedantic to ask business people for clarification on something like .50¢ -- again, you would be surprised how many people don't understand the difference that decimal point makes!! I suspect that's why calculator makers include a % key. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...................................................