What Is a Copula?

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Tip 1 - What Is a Copula in English Grammar?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Acidman Zedd D 1abl 0 | permalink

A copula is a verb that joins the subject of a sentence to a subject complement.

For further reading: http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/copulaterm.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - What is the difference between a copula and a transitive verb?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by HP Hertz | permalink

I can only speak from an English perspective. Be seems to me to be a transitive verb, when joining a subject and an object, yet it is described as a copula. What I mean is The bullseye is the ...

For further reading: http://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/1669/what-is-the-difference-between-a-copula-and-a-transitive-verb ^[2]

Tip 3 - copula - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Online (US)

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Birgir Arnar | permalink

copula - definition, audio pronunciation, synonyms and more for copula: a type of verb, of which the most common is "be", that joins the subject of the verb with a complement: : See more in British English Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionaries Online (US)
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For further reading: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/copula ^[3]