2. THE PREDICATE OBJECTIVE

2. THE PREDICATE OBJECTIVE

+487.+ +Verbs of _choosing_, _calling_, _naming_, _making_, and _thinking_ may take two objects referring to the same person or thing.+

+The first of these is the direct object, and the second, which completes the sense of the predicate, is called a predicate objective+ (§ 104).

The +predicate objective+ is often called the +complementary object+ or the +objective attribute+.

The people have elected Chamberlain _governor_.

Peter calls Richard my _shadow_.

The court has appointed you the child’s _guardian_.

John thinks himself a _hero_.

+488.+ An +adjective+ may serve as a +predicate objective+. Thus,--

I thought your decision _hasty_.

I call that answer _impertinent_.

The jury found the prisoner _guilty_.

Your letter made him _joyful_.

Care should be taken not to confuse adverbs with adjectives in _-ly_ serving as predicate objectives.

You called him _sickly_. [Adjective.]

You called him _early_. [Adverb.]

After the passive, a predicate objective becomes a +predicate nominative+ (§ 489).