I'm writing a function dRop to accept words ending in 'es' and drop the last two characters i.e. 'es'.eg. mangoes -> mongo but i keep on getting this error: "Improperly terminated character constant" after running this code which i have left below. Can i get any form of help from anyone in here...? ----------------------------------------- dRop :: String -> String dRop word = if drop (length word - 2) word == 'es' then take (length word - 2) word else word -------------------------------------------------- regards Amarquaye.Ivan _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline