Can we use an adjective after call as in "I called him funny" or "He calls me stupid" or do we have to use only nouns after call as in "I called him a stupid boy ?
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Adjectives and nouns both work: He called me stupid. He called me an idiot.
— Philip
Adjectives and nouns both work: He called me stupid.
He called me an idiot.
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