Timo Paulssen wrote:
I thought auxiliary verb referred to "is" in its role in sentences like "Fred is climbing," where the predicate adjective, "climbing," is really the verb of the sentence, linked in by the "is."Mark E. Shoulson wrote:For example, in the sentence "Fred is a doctor," the subject is "Fred" and the predicate is "is a doctor" ("a doctor" being a predicate nominative, and part of the predicate) whereas theverb is "is."isn't is only an auxilliary verb anyway? or am i confusing stuff with german? ;)
But in any case, so what? So it's an auxiliary verb. It's still the verb. ~mark To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.