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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

noun or adverbial?

I'm still due 15 days' leave.

is "15 days' leave" an adverbial?

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My take on this is that it is a noun, the direct object of the verb. " In the active sentence, "15 days leave" is the direct object of the verb "owe," and it retains this sense in the passive sentence, or in sentences of equivalent meaning, like the given sentence.

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  • My take on this is that it is a noun, the direct object of the verb.
  • " In the active sentence, "15 days leave" is the direct object of the verb "owe," and it retains this sense in the passive sentence, or in sentences of equivalent meaning, like the given sentence.
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My take on this is that it is a noun, the direct object of the verb. To see this more clearly, the sentence is equivalent in meaning to: "I am owed 15 days leave.", which is the passive version of the active sentence: "They owe (to) me 15 days leave." In the active sentence, "15 days leave" is the direct object of the verb "owe," and it retains this sense in the passive sentence, or in sentenc
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Tks for your prompt response. What confused me is Oxford dictionary says "due" is not used before noun in the sense of "owed"

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/due_1?q=due
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It can’t be an object because due is an adjective, not a verb. It appears the noun phrase 15 days’ leave is a complement of due. It certainly doesn’t seem to be an adverbial, as in The update is due next month.
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