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Thank you, Dick.
Just as you did, I have my students look at grammar alwasys in terms of meaning.
Ed
>>> "Dick Veit, UNCW English Dept." <[log in to unmask]> 03/25 9:35 AM >>>
At 11:27 PM 3/24/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Just to add one more point to the "John is" construction. One of the
>famous aphorisms in Western thought is:
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>I think, therefore I am.
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>I have no sense that "I am" is incomplete.
>
>Bob Yates
Yes, but in this case, "am" is not a linking verb. It's being used
intrasitively, as a synonym for "exist" or "live." Same with "To be, or
not to be."
Dick Veit
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