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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"They're keeping everything top secret"

"They're keeping everything top secret"

Hi, did the phrase omit the preposition, "as", like in "He died a hero"?

Or does the term "top secret" work as an adverb for the verb, "keeping"?

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Would it be wrong to say, "They're keeping everything as top secret"? Thank you

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Would it be wrong to say, "They're keeping everything as top secret"?

Thank you
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Guyper They're keeping everything top secret.
... does the term "top secret" work as an adverb for the verb, "keeping"?
Not an adverb — an adjective for "everything". The sentence has both a direct object (everything) and an object complement (top secret).

"keep" does not take "as" in this construction, though other verbs may do so
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