diff --git a/lib/src/italian/DiffIta.gf b/lib/src/italian/DiffIta.gf
index 3052b14bc..ee7587783 100644
--- a/lib/src/italian/DiffIta.gf
+++ b/lib/src/italian/DiffIta.gf
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ instance DiffIta of DiffRomance = open CommonRomance, PhonoIta, BeschIta, Prelud
 
     artIndef = \g,n,c -> case <n,c> of {
       <Sg,_>   => prepCase c ++ 
-                  genForms (elision "un" "un" "uno") (elision "una" "un'" "una") ! g ;
+                  genForms (pre {"un" ; "uno" / sImpuro}) (elision "una" "un'" "una") ! g ;
       _        => prepCase c 
       } ;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/italian/PhonoIta.gf b/lib/src/italian/PhonoIta.gf
index f4e4f1f7a..3effa3d80 100644
--- a/lib/src/italian/PhonoIta.gf
+++ b/lib/src/italian/PhonoIta.gf
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ oper
     } ;
 
   elision : (_,_,_ : Str) -> Str = \il, l', lo -> 
-    pre {il ; (l' ++ Predef.BIND) / vocale ; lo / sImpuro} ;
+    let ll = case last l' of {"'" => l' ++ Predef.BIND ; _ => l'} in
+    pre {il ; ll / vocale ; lo / sImpuro} ;
 ---    pre {vocale => l' ;  sImpuro => lo ; _ => il} ;  --- doesn't work properly 15/4/2014
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/italian/StructuralIta.gf b/lib/src/italian/StructuralIta.gf
index 1270b07a5..257e9ecb6 100644
--- a/lib/src/italian/StructuralIta.gf
+++ b/lib/src/italian/StructuralIta.gf
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ lin
     mkPronoun
       "lei" "la" "le" "glie" "lei" "suo" "sua" "suoi" "sue"
       Fem Sg P3 ;
-  so_AdA = ss "così" ;
+  so_AdA = ss "così" ;
   somebody_NP = pn2np (mkPN ["qualcuno"] Masc) ;
   somePl_Det = {s,sp = \\_,c => prepCase c ++ "qualche" ; n = Pl ; s2 = [] ; isNeg = False} ;
   someSg_Det = {s,sp = \\_,c => prepCase c ++ "qualche" ; n = Sg ; s2 = [] ; isNeg = False} ;