#1Dec 1st, 2008
2011 others browsing the Canadian Forums! Join us!Current Status - "is" not mandatory
#2
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
whoop whoop!
that was much faster than facebook! I feel free again
that was much faster than facebook! I feel free again
#3
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
I thought you were always able to remove "is" on facebook?
#5
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
no Twila... that freedom didn't exist until freedom fighters like Hermann complained loudly enough.
#6
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
lol I didnt fight for it on facebook. I thought it was silly. But i campaigned here just because it was funny
WTH is a copula verb?
WTH is a copula verb?
#7
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008Quote:
Wouldn't had have been an "is" fighter rather then a "freedom" fighter? lolthat freedom didn't exist until freedom fighters like Hermann complained loudly enough
I just assumed people weren't quick enough to realize they didn't have to keep the "is" on facebook.
#8
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by hermanntrude
Probably something to do with Coppola and his Godfather movies.lol I didnt fight for it on facebook. I thought it was silly. But i campaigned here just because it was funny
WTH is a copula verb?
#9
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008Quote:
hmmm, pretty close to copulate....must be a joiner word.WTH is a copula verb?
#10
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
Hermanntrude asked. "WTH is a copula."
"Is" is also called a "copular" verb, but that terminology is not favoured by the Auxilliary or the powers that "Be."!
sorry with the late respnse!
"Is" is also called a "copular" verb, but that terminology is not favoured by the Auxilliary or the powers that "Be."!
sorry with the late respnse!
#11
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
Dang. I was kind of hoping I was right.
There are a lot of "you is" incidents in those movies, after all.
There are a lot of "you is" incidents in those movies, after all.
#12
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
Fighting to have the "is" removed... that would make Hermm an "isn't" fighter... an "is" peacenik then, actually! 
And Shadow, I still laugh every time I look at your new "dark overlord" av.
It's just so.... scary!
And Shadow, I still laugh every time I look at your new "dark overlord" av.
It's just so.... scary!
#13
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Zan
The fuzzy persona is just so I can get nice and close(since which of you lovely ladies wouldn't want to hug that cutie?) and then...I gotcha!Fighting to have the "is" removed... that would make Hermm an "isn't" fighter... an "is" peacenik then, actually!
And Shadow, I still laugh every time I look at your new "dark overlord" av.
It's just so.... scary!
#14
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Spade
that's not an answer. WHAT THE HELL is a copula?Hermanntrude asked. "WTH is a copula."
"Is" is also called a "copular" verb, but that terminology is not favoured by the Auxilliary or the powers that "Be."!
sorry with the late respnse!
#15
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 1st, 2008
I so hate being pedantic, Hermanntrude, but you asked for it!
A copula verb is a "linking" or "state of being" verb. It links the subject with the subjective completion - either a noun or adjective. As examples:
Igor is huge.
Jane smells good (not goodly).
Gawd is great (not greatly)
Hades does not taste sweet, It tastes like hell!
In some languages "is" is absent in the present tense. One might say Igor - huge!
You bored yet?
And so, when the issue arose that "is" should not be, I was reminded that in some languages is isn't.
Sorry, but my sister dropped me as an infant!
A copula verb is a "linking" or "state of being" verb. It links the subject with the subjective completion - either a noun or adjective. As examples:
Igor is huge.
Jane smells good (not goodly).
Gawd is great (not greatly)
Hades does not taste sweet, It tastes like hell!
In some languages "is" is absent in the present tense. One might say Igor - huge!
You bored yet?
And so, when the issue arose that "is" should not be, I was reminded that in some languages is isn't.
Sorry, but my sister dropped me as an infant!
#16
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 2nd, 2008Quote:
hence it's similarity to the word copulate...I knew it!A copula verb is a "linking" or "state of being" verb. It links the subject with the subjective completion - either a noun or adjective.
#18
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 2nd, 2008Quote: Originally Posted by Twila
How did I know that you would find a corrolation between the two?hence it's similarity to the word copulate...I knew it!
#19
Re: Current Status - "is" not mandatory
Dec 3rd, 2008Quote:
I took a medical terminology course awhile ago and now whenever I come up to certain words I can pull the latin or greek out of them and get the "gist" of the word. And I do it all the time now.How did I know that you would find a corrolation between the two?
It's like a disease....
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