The third verb type is the word " be " and all its forms, which is a special category of linking verb.
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They also say " me " instead of " I', refer to themselves as " crockydiles ", and omit the linking verbs.
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I would say tested negative here _ surely tested is a linking verb, and negative describes the patient's medical condition, not his attitude.
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The use of the " i form " for linking verbs together and creating compounds is especially prominent for adding a nuance of politeness.
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These verbs precede nouns or adjectives in a sentence, which become predicate nouns and predicate adjectives similar to those that function with a linking verb.
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The copulative ( i . e ., it consists of a noun / adjective and a linking verb ), both parts agree in number with the subject.
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A predicative adjective ( phrase ), in contrast, appears outside of the noun phrase that it modifies, usually after a linking verb, e . g . " The man is proud ".
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Note that the forms of the verb " be " are placed in a special category below, because forms of " be, " unlike other linking verbs, can be followed immediately by an " adverb of place ."
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We have gone unto this breach before, dear friends, when we discussed the predicate nominative-- that noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and becomes part of the sentence's predicate, as in " It is she ."
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The verb " be, " unlike other linking verbs, can be followed by a phrase functioning as an " adverb of place, " in addition to the noun phrases or adjective phrases that follow other types of linking verbs.
