A- I read on EC today that a linking verb usually shows a change to a different state or place.
Examples:
1- The sky became dark.
The sky - dark.
2- That sounds interesting.
And also, linking verbs shows equally, for example:
Mary is a teacher.
B- We know that many linking verbs are similar to stative verbs.
For examples:
look, seem, sound, taste,be,...
Now, here is my question:
Are linking verbs and stative verbs the same?
Best wishes,
Bijan
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Dear Danny!
It is very kind of you.
Thank you for giving me the above links.
I saved your links.
I am going to read them tomorrow.
Thanks to you and dear Tanya who are liable teachers.
Best wishes,
Dear Danny!
It is very interesting for me that we can make gerunds negative with "Not".
I had never heard about this before.
Thanks to you and dear Tanya for creating this group that all students can present their questions here.
I wish you and dear Tanya all the best.
Have a nice time and best wishes,
Dear Danny!
I got my answers about linking verbs and stative verbs very well.
Now, I know them very well.
In my opinion, this subject (linking verbs and stative verbs) is an important lesson in English grammar that you explained it very well.
I hope that all students to read your answers carefully.
Thanks a lot and best wishes,
Bijan
Today, I looked at your below sentence:
"...I am sorry for not seeing your question earlier".
One question, please:
Why is "Seeing" negative with not?
Is it because of "seeing" is a gerund (noun)?
Can we make all gerunds negative with not?
Thanks in advance,
Bijan
Thank you very much.
Because of this, I asked you the above question that you have said before:
"...there are much more stative verbs, but they all are used with adverbial modifiers...".
In a nutshell, does your above sentence mean that we can use adverbs after all stative verbs?
Thanks in advance,
Bijan
Thank you very much for spending your time for the students.
I got this subject that, we should use adjectives (except the verb "to be") after linking verbs.
But, my challenge is exactly about stative verbs.
What should we usually use after stative verbs?
Prepositional phrase, adverbs, nouns, pronoun or anything....?
Is there any rule similar to linking verbs?
Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Dear Danny!
As I know, the two principal types of modifiers are adjectives which modify nouns, and adverbs, which modify other parts of speech (verbs, adjectives, and adverbs).
I cannot get modifier of action/state, place and time.
Because, I have never heard about them.
Are they the same adjectives and adverbs?
I will be happy, if you tell me more about these modifiers (modifier of action/state, modifier of place and modifier of time).
Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Danny Clark said:
Dear Danny!
You told me that there are much more stative verbs, but they all are used with adverbial modifiers.
What is adverbial modifiers?
May you give us (the students) a few examples, please?
Dear Danny!
Thank you very much.
I understand from your answer that linking verbs are different from stative verbs.
Two questions, please:
1- I have seen in some texts that "turn, keep, prove" are also linking verbs.
Are they linking verbs or not?
2- I read on English Club that linking verbs are always intransitive.
Are stative verbs intransitive too or not?
Thanks in advance,
Bijan