copula

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In one episode the shirtless tribal leader Khal Drogo delivered a monologue for two and a half minutes in Dothraki, with its subject-verb-object structure and no copula, or linking verb.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2011

When this takes place, and any question arises as to the construction, they must be exhibited in their fully expanded form, i.e., the second subject, the second predicate, and the second copula must be supplied.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

When, as in mathematics, important consequences seem to follow from them, such really follow from the tacit assumption, through the ambiguity of the copula, of the real existence of the object named.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

But the two alternatives are propositions, and if "A is" represents a proposition, the "is" is not the Syllogistic copula.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

If it must not be left out altogether, and we cannot put it with the copula, we have a choice between the two terms.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William