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Additional uses of copular verbs A copular verb may also have other uses supplementary to or distinct from its uses as a copula.
Copular verbs Copular verbs (aka linking verbs) can't be followed by an adverb or end a sentence, but instead must be followed by a noun or adjective, whether in a single word or phrase.
The auxiliary functions of these verbs derive from their copular function, and can be interpreted as a special case of the copular function (the verbal form that follows it being considered adjectival).
A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. citation A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb.
Adjectives that come after copular verbs are predicate adjectives, and nouns that come after linking verbs are predicate nouns.
Existential usage The English to be, and its equivalents in certain other languages, also have a non-copular use as an existential verb, meaning "to exist".
In some analyses, they are viewed as a form of verbal takeover by a copular strategy.