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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
linking verb rules
Do linking verbs just link adjectives, pronouns, and nouns to the subject, or have adverbs and adverb phrases been added? "He was there" was never linking in the older grammar books. It was an example of a "to be" verb not linking. Now are any main to be verbs not linking ,or are they now defined as linking?
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The verb "be" requires an AdjP or NP or certain kinds of PP as complement but only a very limited range of adverbs: He is a doctor . (noun phrase) Ed is very handsome . (adjective phrase) Kim is in the garden .
- The verb "be" requires an AdjP or NP or certain kinds of PP as complement but only a very limited range of adverbs: He is a doctor .
- (noun phrase) Ed is very handsome .
- (adjective phrase) Kim is in the garden .
- (preposition phrase as locative complement) The only way to do it is very very slowly .
- (adverb phrase) BillJ
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The verb "be" requires an AdjP or NP or certain kinds of PP as complement but only a very limited range of adverbs:
He is a doctor. (noun phrase)
Ed is very handsome. (adjective phrase)
Kim is in the garden. (preposition phrase as locative complement)
The only way to do it is very very slowly. (
He is a doctor. (noun phrase)
Ed is very handsome. (adjective phrase)
Kim is in the garden. (preposition phrase as locative complement)
The only way to do it is very very slowly. (
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