I have a friend who always says "resemble", too - I can't really do that except with people I know very well, because they might think that I think that's what it is actually called. I have said it to T, and he laughed a lot. His opinion of my English is rather flattering.

rts, thank you for your first post, I saw it before you edited it. I appreciate that. And I'm also very much stuck in the same place I was two years ago, except I am more aware of how stuck I am, now. That is one reason I post less, to be honest. (((RTS)))