I am due six days' leave.
在字典里看到due是形容词，那为何形容词后可以加这个名词短语呢，请教老师。谢谢
表语形容词原则上是不能后接名词的。I am due six days' leave. 这个句子无疑是正确的，是词典例句。为何这个表语形容词可将来接名词呢。唯一的原因就是表语形容词后本来搭配的介词在英语的演变中渐渐掉落了，就好比be worth后接名词或动名词，有些词典讲解worth为形容词，但用如介词。有些词典干脆直接说worth是个介词。其实worth后本来有一个介词of，后来of 掉落了，形成了表语形容词后接名词的现象。due这个使用方法就是掉落了后面的介词for。牛津词典把Sb is due something 和 Sb is due for something 放在一块讨论的。此时due的意思等于deserving something, entitled to something. 以下为牛津的解释和例句：
[not before noun] owed something; deserving something
due something I'm still due 15 days' leave.
due for something She's due for promotion soon.
