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