In the word/?/, they by itself represents a vowel sound. That is why the spelling rule that changes the y to i states that the/must be preceded by a consonant—this is just a way of ensuring that we are talking about/used by itself to represent a vowel sound. | 174 Verb Phrases Exercise Underline and label the noun phrases that follow the verbs in the following sentences using Obj NP Comp and IO DO for the two complement types. Confirm your answer by showing both tests the test and the to for paraphrase. Obj NP Comp The critics considered her latest book a great success. test her latest book a great success to for paraphrase X The critics considered a great success to for her latest book. 1. I have often wished myself a better person. 2. The board considers the CEO a great natural leader. 3. We told them the truth. 4. The President appointed her Undersecretary of State for Latin Affairs. 5. The newspaper named AMPEX Corporation the company of the year. 6. Senator Blather considered himself an expert on foreign affairs. 7. I told them my name. Multiple Verb Complements 175 8. The minister wished them a long and happy life. 9. The magazine ranked him one of the best young golfers in the state. 10. Bruce confessed himself a junk-food addict. 11. The press called her a rising star in the industry. 12. I found us a terrific apartment. 13. I found John a bit of a bore. 14. He made himself a cheese sandwich. 15. He made himself a first-rate bridge player. 176 Verb Phrases 3. Object adjective complement Some verbs including many but not all of the verbs that take noun phrase noun phrase complements take object adjective complements. Here are some examples Adj Obj Comp He drives me crazy. Adj Obj Comp The proposal left us cold. Obj Adj Comp The jury found them innocent of all charges. Obj Adj Comp I like my steak medium-rare. Most uses of this complement type are phrases that allow very little substitution for the adjective object complement. For instance in the four examples of this complement type given above few of the adjectives will allow other adjective complements to be used with that verb. In the first example He drives me crazy. we can only substitute a few close synonyms for crazy He drives me mad. He drives me .
