| copula | ![]() |![]() [+Linking] |
1) strictly it is the verb be in any of its six grammatical forms: be, is, am, are, was, were,
¶8-4-3; 2) secondarily it may refer to the marker of progressive aspect (being) or passive voice (been); 3) often the term c. is also abrogated for use by any linking verb |