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  • noun Copula.

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  • noun an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence

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  • If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

    January 25, 2007

  • that tip list is hilarious. my favourite one is #4: "about sentence fragments."

    November 22, 2008