evil mode with pabbrev: how to select alternatives

Dear all, Using pabbrev in a buffer with evil works fine if the default suggestion is desired, simply by hitting TAB. However, if I hit TAB twice, this brings up the pabbrev buffer with alternate selections from which an alternative is selected by typing a digit. This buffer comes up in evil mode which is not appropriate. I would like for evil to be disabled in this buffer. I have tried (add-to-list 'evil-emacs-state-modes 'pabbrev-mode) but this appears to have no effect. I can, of course, type C-z and then the choice but this is somewhat clumsy. Any suggestions? Thanks, eric -- : Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xFFFCF67D : in Emacs 24.4.50.1 + Ma Gnus v0.12 + evil-git-999ec15 : BBDB version 3.1.2 (2014-04-27 15:05:20 -0500)