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Definition of Linking verb
1. Noun. An equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
Definition of Linking verb
1. Noun. Copula. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linking Verb
Literary usage of Linking verb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oral and Written English by Milton Chase Potter, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Harry Orrin Gillet (1921)
"Looked, when a linking verb, has nearly the same meaning as is.) 2. ... In each
of the following sentences pick out the linking verb and its ..."
2. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"In a linking verb phrase which word is the verb? 26. ... A. The verb to be is
generally a linking verb, as you have doubtless observed. ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"But when it functions as a linking verb, approximately equivalent to appear or
seem, it takes an adjective: “You look beautiful,” “You look tired. ..."
4. Advanced Lessons in Everyday English by Emma Miller Bolenius (1921)
"Observe the three kinds of words that the linking verb joins to the subject. ...
The subject form of the pronoun follows a linking verb. ..."
5. Good English, Oral and Written by William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linnaeus Marsh (1918)
"When you have followed all directions given for study of the Complete Verb, read
just as carefully the development of the linking verb. ..."
6. Essentials of English by Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey (1915)
"... a place, or a thing other than the subject,1 and that the word that completes
the assertion of a linking verb refers to the subject itself. ..."
7. Good English, Oral and Written, Book One-three by William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linaeus Marsh (1918)
"The linking verb. Read again sentences 1 and 2 at the beginning of this lesson.
In which sentence is the intransitive verb followed by a predicate noun? ..."
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