manifest?

nick   Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:50 pm GMT
This case does no more than manifest the simple. So "manifest" is a verb here or adj. and how about "simple"?
Skippy   Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:54 pm GMT
"manifest" is a verb here. It means, in a way, to create or to come into existence... Something along those lines (or that's at least what I think of). I'm not sure what the term for "simple" here would be... "Simple" is definitely an adjective but here it's acting as a noun. (similar to how in Spanish you could use "Gordo" as meaning "fat (adj.)" or "someone who is fat (noun)"
nick   Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:52 pm GMT
I think I need to give the whole sentence, sorry about it.
This case does not no more than manifest the simple, if discomforting, reality that different juries may reach different results under any criminal statute.
I think "simple" and "discomforting" are both for "reality", am I right?
nick   Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:01 am GMT
Thank u! I got it!