In the last few days, I have been seeing the statement, "The
Congress will make public the report." My question is: what is the
function of the word "public" in that position. If the sentence stated,
"The Congress will make the report public,"  I would then think "public"
to be considered the Object Complement. Does/can the Object Complement
ever come before the Direct Object? If not, what function name would be
given to "public" in the first instance? Can "make public" be considered
a verb phrase? If not a verb phrase, following this thought, can any one
think of another verb where the OC can be shifted in this manner? When
anyone has time, I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Gordon

Gordon Rives Carmichael
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Developmental Studies, English As A Second Language, University of
Central Texas and Central Texas College