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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

In English Grammar, Sentence Pattern "It is there". How do we split this sentence? Is it S+V+C or S+V+A?

I need explanation on this question please......
  

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Might it be helpful to change the pronoun to a noun? The book was there. The book = subject.

— Anonymous

  • Might it be helpful to change the pronoun to a noun?
  • The book was there.
  • The book = subject.
  • was = verb.
  • (Not a linking verb in this case) there = adverb.
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Might it be helpful to change the pronoun to a noun?

The book was there.

The book = subject.

was = verb. (Not a linking verb in this case)

there = adverb.

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was = verb. (Not a linking verb in this case)-- 'Be' remains a linking verb whenever it is a main verb.
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Your answer, of course, is to be accepted as the correct one.

Personally, however, I wish to go along with those books that say "to be" in such a sentence is a full verb meaning "to exist."

Thank you, sir.
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It is a full verb and means 'exist' when it is a linking verb. Can you give me a link to one of 'those books'?
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your note.

I am totally computer illiterate, so linking is out of the question.

I just dipped into The New Oxford American Dictionary under "be."
It says that "be" can mean "exist": There are no easy answers. / I think, therefore I am.

It then says that "be" can be a copular [linking] verb: Amy was 91. / His h
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Oh, no. I learn, too. I will read some more. I can see that with 'Cogito ergo sum' there is nothing to be linked, certainly.
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