--_As_ may be used simply to introduce an objective
complement.
7. Ophelia and Polonius thought Hamlet really insane.
8. The President and the Senate appoint certain men ministers to foreign
courts.
9. Shylock would have struck Jessica dead beside him.
10. Custom renders the feelings blunt and callous.
11. Socrates styled beauty a short-lived tyranny.
12. Madame de Stael calls beautiful architecture frozen music.
13. They named the state New York from the Duke of York.
14. Henry the Great consecrated the Edict of Nantes as the very ark of the
constitution.
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LESSON 32.
COMPOSITION--COMPLEMENTS.
+Caution.+--Be careful to distinguish an adjective complement from an
adverb modifier.
+Explanation.+--Mary arrived _safe_. We here wish to tell the condition of
Mary on her arrival, and not the manner of her arriving. My head feels
_bad_ (is in a bad condition, as perceived by the sense of feeling). The
sun shines _bright_ (is bright, as perceived by its shining).
When the idea of being is prominent in the verb, as in the examples above,
you see that the adjective, and not the adverb, follows.
+Direction.+--_Justify the use of these adjectives and adverbs_:--
1. The boy is running wild.
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