Talk:copular verb
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic (BrE) used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc
"Adverbial" copulae?[edit]
What about those verbs which act like copulae but require an adverbial predicate? For instance, "this book reads well"? Can you think of any other examples? --AndreRD (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
(BrE) used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc[edit]
used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc I can't seem to get through to you https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/seem