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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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I am encouraged

I am encouraged.

Is "am" a linking verb or an operator of passive tense in the sentence above?

  

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Anonymous an operator of passive tense My first impulse is to interpret it thus, but on second thought, it's somewhat ambiguous without further context — not that further context would necessarily remove the ambiguity either. CJ

  • Anonymous an operator of passive tense My first impulse is to interpret it thus, but on second thought, it's somewhat ambiguous without further context — not that further context would necessarily remove the ambiguity either.
  • CJ
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Anonymousan operator of passive tense

My first impulse is to interpret it thus, but on second thought, it's somewhat ambiguous without further context — not that further context would necessarily remove the ambiguity either.

CJ

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