Be is used both as a principal verb and as an auxiliary verb. Be as a principal verb Linking verb Be and its forms (is, am, are, was and were) are usually used to link the subject with a following word. Alice is an advocate. Mary is very intelligent. You are wonderful. He was angry. To express a command or request Be can be used …
We put an auxiliary verb before the subject of a clause in several different structures. This is called inversion. Consider the statement She is coming with us, in which the subject she precedes the auxiliary is. In the corresponding YES/NO question Is she coming with us?, the auxiliary is comes before the subject she. Note …
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