Flow Fresh and Clear

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/business/global/30smugglebar.html

"The water from the new well flowed fresh and clear at first, he said. But now even that well smells of the powerful acids that the miners use in dirt pits to process rare earth minerals needed in the West for sophisticated products ranging from iPhones to giant wind turbines. "

Shouldn't "fresh and clear" be "freshly and clearly"?

Terryxpress · Accepted Answer

'fresh' and 'clear' are adjectives describing the water, not how the well 'flowed'. The sentence might have been:
The fresh and clear water flowed from the new well...

GainRain · Answer

Thank you for your reply, Terryxpress.

That means I could write:

"The players ran tired."
"He went home confident."
"The car moved new."
"The cat walked clean."
"The boy walked in handsome."
"The project proceeded burdensome."
...
?

Terryxpress · Answer

That means I could write:

Why? Why does it automatically mean that all adjectives can he moved to after the verb? What is poetic in one construction does not automatically mean it is poetic or even sensible in other sentences:

"The players ran tired."
"The players ran, tired and breathless, to the finish line."
"He went home confident."
Yes. A short form of something like:
"He went home, a confident little boy.'"

"The car moved new."
Just doesn't work!

"The cat walked clean."
The sentence would have to be recast, as for your first two sentences.

GainRain · Answer

If this is acceptable:

"The water flowed fresh and clear."

could these be acceptable too:

"The water flowed fresh."
"The water flowed clear."
?

GainRain · Answer

Would this work?

"The cat walked in clean and cute."

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