Re: English question

Am 28.11.01, Stefan Koch yscrifef:

> Hi.
>
> In my English lessons the following question occured:
>
> "He voted Liberal." - Is the 'Liberal' an adjective or an adverb?
Like just about any English word, this single form can by
just about any part of speech you care to make it. (It can
easily be a noun, adjective, adverb, ejective. You can
probably make it a verb without too much difficulty, though
it might sound odd.)

In this case, it is an adverb. An old Indo-European feature
that is at work here is the use of the neuter accusative
adjective as an adverb (cf. Latin adverbs in -m); but we
don't have accusatives or neuters, and very little morphology
at all, so it can look very confusing.

> I would say it is an adverb since it is part of the verb but on the other
> hand it describes the party.
It modifies the verb, but is not part of the verb. Also, if this
be a US example, there is no Liberal Party (that I'm aware of),
so it doesn't describe the party. I believe the UK has one, so I
may be wrong here.

> Stefan
Padraic.
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