| copula |
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A word, usually a verb or a verb-like part of speech, that is used to link a sentence's subject to a predicate.
Notes: 1. The main copular verb in English is to be (e.g., is, was, were, and be). |
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Example - Girls are nice. |
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Etymology - The term derives from the Latin copulatus, which is the past participle of copulare, join together. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1650: "It belongs to the Copula, or word (Is.)." (Vind. Hammond's Addr. §62. 25) |
