Questions tagged [linking-verbs]
"Linking verbs" (also called "copulas") are verbs which link a subject to a predicate complement which describes or identifies it. 'Be' is the principle linking verb; some more are 'become', 'remain', 'seem'.
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Can a subject and its complement be of different numbers?
Can a subject and a subject complement be of different numbers, i.e. one of them is plural and the other is singular?
To check this, I came up with some examples
(where, as I understand, "are&...
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After linking verb whether adjectives or adverbs
I know after linking verb, Adjectives should be used, not adverbs. For example I'am fine (not well, as WELL is an adverb). But how you explain the following sentences ,
I'm abroad.
I'm home.
I'm ...
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Seem (to be) past participle
Please kindly read the sentence:
‘[Some court decisions] seem best explained as based on considerations
of the well-known policy of preventing the Statute being used itself
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"prove to be painful" vs "prove painful", any difference?
What should I put here, "The learning process proved to be painful or just The learning process proved painful" ? Is there any difference ?
BTW, the question is to fill in the blank with ...
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Role of like in copular/linking verbs
I'm struggling to make some distinctions regarding copular, or linking, verbs.
She sounds like a lawyer.
She has become like her mother.
She looks like a princess.
#1: Is "sounds" an ...
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Is the past participle a linking verb in these examples of passive constructions?
A man called Jack opened the door.
The man was called Jack.
In these two examples, 'called' is a past-participle, and the proper noun 'Jack' is a subject complement that renames the noun 'man'.
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Would "is" be considered a linking or transitive verb in this situation?
Suppose I had the following sentence:
The apple is on the tree.
"On the tree" is a prepositional phrase. Therefore, the verb is cannot be linking anything back to the subject (apple). ...
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What the usage and role of "to be" in below sentence?
What the usage and grammatical role of "to be" in below sentence?
It rained this morning but it has turned out to be a lovely day.
What's the difference between the above sentence and ...
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Linking verb followed by a verb
According to The British Council description, links-verbs are followed by either a noun or an adjective.
In the following sentence, "smiling" is a verb, and as I see it, "is" acts as a linking verb.
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May You Use a Predicative Complement in Front of I Feel, I, Subject, Feel, Copular Verb?
Badness, I feel.
Badness, feel I.
Bad, I feel.
May you grammatically use a predicative complement in front of feel (copular verb)?
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Combining clauses with different linking verbs by conjunction and leaving out the subject
A TOEFL book claims that I'm not allowed to write like this, for example the conjunction "and" :
I still have leftovers on the table and am cooking it later.
Why is it incorrect? Does that ...
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