Current Status - "is" not mandatory

[Andem]

I saw hermann's status "petitioning to remove 'is'" and it was on my todo list.. Now you're given the option of using "is" or anything else you want.

 

[hermanntrude]

whoop whoop!

that was much faster than facebook! I feel free again

 

[Twila]

I thought you were always able to remove "is" on facebook?

 

[Spade]

Why do some think "is" is a "copula" verb?

 

[karrie]

no Twila... that freedom didn't exist until freedom fighters like Hermann complained loudly enough.

 

[hermanntrude]

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?

 

[Twila]

that freedom didn't exist until freedom fighters like Hermann complained loudly enough

Wouldn't had have been an "is" fighter rather then a "freedom" fighter? lol

I just assumed people weren't quick enough to realize they didn't have to keep the "is" on facebook.

 

[shadowshiv]

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?

Probably something to do with Coppola and his Godfather movies.;-)

 

[Twila]

WTH is a copula verb?

hmmm, pretty close to copulate....must be a joiner word.

 

[Spade]

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!

 

[shadowshiv]

Dang. I was kind of hoping I was right.

There are a lot of "you is" incidents in those movies, after all.;-):lol:

 

[Outta here]

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!

:lol:

 

[shadowshiv]

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!

:lol:

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!

 

[hermanntrude]

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!

that's not an answer. WHAT THE HELL is a copula?

 

[Spade]

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!

 

[Twila]

A copula verb is a "linking" or "state of being" verb. It links the subject with the subjective completion - either a noun or adjective.

hence it's similarity to the word copulate...I knew it!

 

[Spade]

Precisely, Cousin Twila!

 

[shadowshiv]

hence it's similarity to the word copulate...I knew it!

How did I know that you would find a corrolation between the two?;-):lol:

 

[Twila]

How did I know that you would find a corrolation between the two?

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.

It's like a disease....