Re: English question

From: "Aidan Grey" <grey@...>
> At 05:21 PM 11/28/2001 +0100, you wrote:
> >In my English lessons the following question occured:
> >
> >"He voted Liberal." - Is the 'Liberal' an adjective or an adverb?
> >I would say it is an adverb since it is part of the verb but on the other
> >hand it describes the party.
> >
> >It would be very nice of you to help me.
>
>    Since no one else has answered definitively, I will.
>
>    It IS an adverb. It's an old pattern which reduces a prepositional
> phrase to a single word adverb, like the "I go home" example someone else
> gave. In that sentence, 'home' is short for "to home", just as 'Liberal' is
> short for "for the Liberal party".
And to support that, the OED has under 'vote': "with the name of a political
party or of a candidate as quasi-adv." and an example "He voted radical".

    *Muke!