linking verbs always need something after the verb to complete the idea.
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Helping verbs, as well as main verbs, have tenses. Some of the most common pairs are can/could and may/might.
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With the logic that we have come to know and love in English grammar, the events are always happening, even though Harry Potter is a fictional character and the events never happened.
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In the first sentence, tells and declares are in present tense, even though the sentence concerns events that occurred decades ago. Here the historical present makes the history more dramatic.
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Don’t change tenses in the middle of a story. And don’t bother celebrities either.
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The picnic has been cancelled due to? because of? the arrival of killer sparrows from their Southern nesting grounds.
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Matt vowed to really study if he ever got the chance to take the flight instructor exam again. This example is common, but incorrect.
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To find the verb, read the sentence and ask two questions: What’s happening? What is? (or, What word is a “giant equal sign”?)
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You can’t do much wrong when you complete linking verb sentences with descriptions or with nouns.
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You have three possible completions for a linking verb: a descriptive word, a noun, or a pronoun (a word that subs for a noun).