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65: Knowledge is power, copulas are fun

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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Copula

The word copula has its own name in grammatical description. It reminds me a bit of schwa, how we have this one sound that has its ownName. There isn't really any other verb that's exactly like is and was in that whole class of verbs. Should probably just mention as well that they don't have to just occur in profound inspirational quotes, copulas pop up all over the place. So you have a much more practical use such as linked enthusiasm is a podcast.

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