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Are these verbs Linking verbs?
Are the verbs "has been", "are being", "might have been" etc True Linking Verbs?
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If they are the main verbs, yes; aspect, tense, etc do not affect their status. He has been a fool. (copula) He has been eaten by aardvarks .
- If they are the main verbs, yes; aspect, tense, etc do not affect their status.
- He has been a fool.
- (copula) He has been eaten by aardvarks .
- p.
- of eat )
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If they are the main verbs, yes; aspect, tense, etc do not affect their status.
He has been a fool. (copula)
He has been eaten by aardvarks. (transitive-- p.p.p. of eat)
He has been a fool. (copula)
He has been eaten by aardvarks. (transitive-- p.p.p. of eat)
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