That's great, Michael. And I can get an adjectival reading here: When I asked him about the schedule for today, he told us that the party is cancelled. Contrast: When I asked him about the schedule for today, he told us that the party is off. And these examples are fundamentally different from below (where 'cancel' is clearly part of the passive verb): When I asked him about the schedule for today, he told us that the party had been cancelled. Linda To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/