I think my grammar teacher taught us that we could treat it either as a passive verb or as an adjectival participle, and he leaned toward the participle. I don't really have any formal explanations, but I figured I'd throw my two cents in. - Allison 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/