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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:35 pm
I am in tenth grade, and this year I joined our school's Mock Trial team with my friend Amber. She asked me to check her opening statement for grammar mistakes. I agreed, and as I was going through it, I noticed that, although it was coherent and she had obviously put a lot of effort into it, she used the word "is" in completely random places. I showed her the paper and asked why she was using "is" in such a strange manner, since the word is a verb. She replied that she didn't know that it was a verb, and didn't understand why it mattered. I almost cried right there. Our educational system is going down the drain.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:37 pm
It's not!
It's a copula.
WHICH IN ENGLISH IS STILL A VERB BUT I DON'T CARE OKAY
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:34 pm
Copula: Also called a linking verb. In grammar, averb such as be, seem, or look, that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement. (www.dictionary.com, definition 2)
It's still a verb.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:55 pm
Carsayzlyum Copula: Also called a linking verb. In grammar, averb such as be, seem, or look, that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement. (www.dictionary.com, definition 2) It's still a verb. White text. Also: That definition is inaccurate. It's not a verb in every language.
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:57 pm
Wait, could you give me an example of something your friend wrote? I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about.
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