Passive vs link verb - which is it?
Is this a correct sentence?
The car is damaged by vandals.
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Yes, it certainly could be, in which case it is a passive clause in which "be" is called the "passive auxiliary", as opposed to copula "be" (your linking verb). Whenever I park there, my car is damaged by vandals .
- Yes, it certainly could be, in which case it is a passive clause in which "be" is called the "passive auxiliary", as opposed to copula "be" (your linking verb).
- Whenever I park there, my car is damaged by vandals .
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Yes, it certainly could be, in which case it is a passive clause in which "be" is called the "passive auxiliary", as opposed to copula "be" (your linking verb).
Whenever I park there, my car is damaged by vandals.
0ubuEngIs this a correct sentence?
The car is damaged by vandals.
"by vandals" says who the agent (of the action) is. So, "The car is damaged by vandals" has "is" as an operator in the passive construction. On the other hand, if "by vandals" is dropped, the sentence The car is damaged has "is" as a linking verb and "damaged" as an ad
0Thanks for the response and comments. I want to clarify my confusion about this (if such a thing is possible).
If the sentence is "The car is damaged," it seems clear that the meaning is descriptive and damaged is a participle adjective, and be is a linking verb or copula. Said in another way with the same meaning: "It is a damaged car."
If the sentence is, "Th
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