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At times, adjectives come after linking verbs in sentences

Last week, acting Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph made a remark during Bob Collymore’s memorial service that generated rancorous debate on social media. Inter alia, Joseph said: “Over the last 15 years I went from being amused by this white man in a black body pretending to be a very serious corporate person to really becoming a serious corporate leader.”

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