linking verb
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of linking verb
First recorded in 1930–35
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Problem: “A feeling of accomplishment” is a noun phrase followed by a linking verb.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
“I thought about that word, ‘be,’ and how ‘be’ is not only a linking verb, it’s an action verb,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
In one episode the shirtless tribal leader Khal Drogo delivered a monologue for two and a half minutes in Dothraki, with its subject-verb-object structure and no copula, or linking verb.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2011
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