Linking verb = copula. The most common is be Here is a definition A verb has copular complementation when it is followed by a subject complement or a predication adjunct and when this element cannot be dropped without changing the meaning of the verb. Copular verbs fall into two main classes, according to whether the subject complement has the role of current attribute or resulting attribute. The most common copular verbs are listed below Current: appear, be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste. Resulting : become, get, go, grow, prove, turn.
From S. Greenbaum and R. Quirk, A Student's Grammar of the English Language, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, Edinburgh gate, Harlow, Essesx 1990, Reprinted 1996
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Linking verb = copula. The most common is be
Here is a definition
A verb has copular complementation when it is followed by a subject complement or a predication adjunct and when this element cannot be dropped without changing the meaning of the verb.
Copular verbs fall into two main classes, according to whether the subject complement has the role of current attribute or resulting attribute.
The most common copular verbs are listed below
Current: appear, be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste.
Resulting : become, get, go, grow, prove, turn.
From S. Greenbaum and R. Quirk, A Student's Grammar of the English Language, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, Edinburgh gate, Harlow, Essesx 1990, Reprinted 1996