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=== auxiliary verb === | |||
==== | === Linking verb === | ||
* "links" the subject to a complement and not to an object of the action | |||
** i.e., the verb does not indicate an action | |||
* some verbs can be either a state or an action,i.e, can be either a linking or action verb | |||
** "You smell bad" = linking verb | |||
** "I smell it" = action verb | |||
* linking verbs and passive voice << to do | |||
** see: https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/102/linking-verbs | |||
* linking verbs include: | |||
** to be, get, smell, taste << to do llist | |||
==== how to tell the difference between linking and action verb ==== | |||
* linking verbs indicate a state or description: "the playground is fun" | |||
** they do not indicate an action, as in "The park closed the playground" | |||
** however, what if we expressed that in the passive voice, "the playground is closed" ? | |||
*** closed = simple past tense (past participle) of "to close" | |||
*** clearly, the park "closed" the playground = an action | |||
==== testing for linking v. action verb w/ a past participle / passive voice ==== | |||
* if the past participle represents an action taken by the subject, then it is a action verb | |||
** "My bike was stolen" = the action "stolen" clearly identifies an action, although the bicycle could not have stolen itself | |||
** [[File:Past-participle-as-transitive-verb-w-auxiliary-verb.jpg|thumb]]"My bike was painted red" = we can see it both ways: | |||
*** [[File:Past-participle-as-subject-complement-to-linking-verb.jpg|thumb]]"painted red" | |||
=== modal verb === | |||
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