  I reconsider the problem of the Newtonian limit in nonlinear gravity models
in the light of recently proposed models with inverse powers of the Ricci
scalar.
  Expansion around a maximally symmetric local background with positive
curvature scalar R_0 gives the correct Newtonian limit on length scales <<
R_0^{-1/2} if the gravitational Lagrangian f(R) satisfies |f(R_0)f''(R_0)|<< 1.
I propose two models with f''(R_0)=0.
