About fresh in 'brought in fresh'

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Hi,My text book has the following sentence.The premium quality vegetables used by this restaurant are brought in fresh daily. The question is, the word 'fresh' is adjective, so I think the use of 'fresh' in the above sentence is grammatically wrong.But is that natural in conversation?Thanks in advance.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Takehisa Tanakathe word 'fresh' is adjective, so I think the use of 'fresh' in the above sentence is grammatically wrong.

No, it's not wrong. An adjective/adverb in that position is OK. You may think of it as a shorter form of ... are brought in when they are fresh daily. We say that 'fresh' is a subject-oriented predicate. It predicates something of the subject of the sentence (the vegetables).

CJ

Takehisa Tanaka · Answer

Thanks CalifJim.

I searched subject-oriented on the Internet.
But there were not much information and I wasn't able to understand well.

So can I read that sentence like ...

are brought in and fresh.

Is that right?

CalifJim · Answer

Takehisa Tanakaare brought in and fresh.

No. The misses the information that the vegetables are brought in when they are fresh, and they are fresh when they are brought in. It's not just "and fresh". It's "when fresh". The position of the adjective indicates that there is something adverbial about it as well. In this case you can see a similarity to an adverb of time.

They are brought in on Tuesdays.
They are brought in every day.
They are brought in when they are ripe. ~ They are brought in ripe.
___________

Here's another sentence with a similar structure.

This fish is eaten raw.

This is not the same as This raw fish is eaten or This fish is raw and eaten.

CJ

Takehisa Tanaka · Answer

Thanks CalifJim

.

Now I understood.
This is great help.

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