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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Linking verbs (action verbs or non - action verbs)

Hi dear members of the forum, 

I'd like to ask you something about "linking verbs". I know "linking verbs" are the verbs that connect or link the subject of a sentence to the information about the subject. These are non-action verbs - verbs that do not describe any action are called "non-action" verbs - that take a subject complement after them, rather than an object. 

I said above that "linking verbs" are "non - action" verbs. Is that correct to say that "linking verbs" are "non - action verbs"? For example, are the verbs (linking verbs) in the following examples showing an action or a state, please? 
  

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Anonymous For example, are the verbs (linking verbs) in the following examples showing an action or a state, please? I'm sorry, I had forgotten to write the examples. Here are the examples: - Why are you being so stupid?

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  • Anonymous For example, are the verbs (linking verbs) in the following examples showing an action or a state, please?
  • I'm sorry, I had forgotten to write the examples.
  • Here are the examples: - Why are you being so stupid?
  • - He is getting taller.
  • - He is becoming a good human being again.
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AnonymousFor example, are the verbs (linking verbs) in the following examples showing an action or a state, please?
I'm sorry, I had forgotten to write the examples.
Here are the examples:

- Why are you being so stupid?
- He is getting taller.
- He is becoming a good human being again.
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Anonymous AnonymousFor example, are the verbs (linking verbs) in the following examples showing an action or a state, please? I'm sorry, I had forgotten to write the examples. Here are the examples: - Why are you being so stupid? - He is getting taller. - He is becoming a good human being again. - The actress is appearing on the stage around 10 PM. - She became a doctor a
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So, can we say that the underlined verbs in the examples I gave are (used as) action verbs?
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Anonymous- Why are you being so stupid?
Anonymous- The actress is appearing on the stage around 10 PM.
The underlined verbs are not functioning as linking verbs in those sentences. In the othersentences, the verbs denote a change of state rather than an action.
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AnonymousSo, can we say that the underlined verbs in the examples I gave are (used as) action verbs?
Generally, static situations do not combine well with the progressive aspect, cf. "My house is big" ~ "My house is being big". But there is a way to combine the progressive with a stative expression to give a dynamic interpretation,
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