10-26-2010, 05:24 AM
verbs which merely link the
subject to its predication
are called the verb of incomplete
predication.Most of these verb
also called linking verb,contain
the is-idea.We can recognize a
linking verb by asking the
question:Is the subject of
the sentence what the word
after the verb indicates?
If the answer is yes,the
verb is a linking verb.A
linking verb takes a
complement instead of
an object.
He is a wise man.He seems happy.He look mad.The day was
stromy.
In these sentences is seems looks and
was are linking verb.
subject to its predication
are called the verb of incomplete
predication.Most of these verb
also called linking verb,contain
the is-idea.We can recognize a
linking verb by asking the
question:Is the subject of
the sentence what the word
after the verb indicates?
If the answer is yes,the
verb is a linking verb.A
linking verb takes a
complement instead of
an object.
He is a wise man.He seems happy.He look mad.The day was
stromy.
In these sentences is seems looks and
was are linking verb.