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#163985 12/13/2006 11:18 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Quote:

Quote:

received as in accounts received
due as in 'credit due'




Aren't those last two just predicate adjectives?




Depends on how you use them in a sentence. E.g.:

Put that file in the Credit Due folder.

This one is a credit due next week.

#163986 12/13/2006 12:31 PM
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genus so-called

#163987 01/09/2007 4:19 AM
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apparent (as in heir apparent)
presumptive (as in heir presumptive)

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