1.   A devoted Detroit Red Wings fan, Scherrer had a definite opinion about the trade late Wednesday in which the Kings sent their decorated defenseman Rob Blake to Colorado.

2.   But I hold a definite opinion in the matter of our best writer.

3.   Dana Jenkins knows a lot about housecleaning and has definite opinions on how fragrances affect the way we feel about our home.

4.   Former state coordinator for the program, Earl Rosen of Clayton, has definite opinions about fatal accidents caused by incompetent drivers.

5.   My wife has definite opinions about weather forecasts.

6.   My aunt and her husband, both staunch anti-Castro Cubans, had very definite opinions of how things should have played out in the Elian situation.

7.   My aunt, a retired elementary-school principal, holds definite opinions about doors.

8.   Savory chefs and pastry chefs are two different breeds, and each has definite opinions about the other.

9.   The owner, a woman of wit and definite opinions, clearly enjoys mocking current pieties.