Is "is" a verb?

O czasie 2004-06-13 19:32, taki/taka jeden/jedna M. Ranjit Mathews wzi±/ê³(a) i napisa³(a) :
[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... an adverb: = this food well is = this car well runs[/nq]
Not every verb must be qualified by an adverb (vide to smell, to look).

there's no kaangut. it's only yourself.
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[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's not a verb, what is it?[/nq]
"Is" is the 3rd person singular of the verb "to be", so it's certainly a verb. In English - as in other Germanic and IE languages - "to be" is highly irregular and has many special functions, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a verb.
[nq:1]Example

[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... an adverb: = this food well is = this car well runs[/nq]
This food is quite good.
Is as copula can be modified by semantically appropriate adverbs- quite, somewhat, very, pretty, way (colloquially).
This car is running very well.
(really, the verb there is 'is running')

[nq:2] = this food well is = this car well runs[/nq]
[nq:1]This food is quite good. Is as copula can be modified by semantically appropriate adverbs- quite, somewhat, very, pretty, way (colloquially).[/nq]
You folks have pretty much covered it.
I had intended to offer, "The food definitely is." or even the "The food is definitely good." but
you have covered this class.
Certain

[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... an adverb: = this food well is = this car well runs[/nq]
*Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,* 11th ed., shows "be" to be an "intransitive verb" and a "verbal auxiliary." Examples of the latter usage given in the entry are: "the money was found," "he is reading," "I am to inter

M. Ranjit Mathews :
[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... indicate that "is" is not quite a verb. In Tamil, both verbs ("is" and "runs") are qualified by an adverb:[/nq]
'qualified by an adverb' is not a qualification of a verb.

A verb needs a subject, even if it is impersonal, implied, or tacit (like

[nq:2]This food is quite good. Is as copula can be modified by semantically appropriate adverbs- quite, somewhat, very, pretty, way (colloquially).[/nq]
Except that in this case, quite modifies good, and not is.

Today the food is good.
fills the bill, however.
[nq:2]This car is running very well. (really, the verb there is 'is running')[/nq]
James Kanze
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[nq:2]M. Ranjit Mathews : 'qualified by an adverb' is not ... if it is impersonal, implied, or tacit (like with gerunds):[/nq]
A verb doesn't always need a subject. What is important is that, in English, a sentence needs a verb. Some sentences consist of a single verb:
sleep.
Most, except for imperative sentences, do require a subject as well.
[nq:2]the car => is running the foo

[nq:1]"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... well. In English, "This food is well" is wrong which seems to indicate that "is" is not quite a verb.[/nq]
The copula ("is", "to be") has unique features in English.

Some (eg U.Penn's XTAG grammar) classify it as an auxilliary always. That's a word like "can" or "will" that m

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[nq:1]under the entry "AUXILIARIES, AUXILIARY VERBS," in his *Columbia Guide to Standard American English," Kenneth G. Wilson includes "be" in ... verbs at all, since they behave differently from verbs: most of them have no past participles such as verbs have."[/nq]
I don't think there is much agreement among syntacticians about this. I don't think "be" is a verb, personally. It's not