| There are some cases where we can't tell whether there is a triple-re-ordering, fronting with subject-aux inversion, or just a strange copular order. |
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| In copular sentences, the nominative is used for both subject and predicate. |
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| Some verbs have rarer, secondary uses as copular verbs, such as the verb fall in sentences like The zebra fell victim to the lion. |
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| Inverse copular constructions, in which the positions of the predicative expression and the subject are reversed, are found in various languages. |
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| Other special uses of copular verbs are described in some of the following sections. |
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| This may be ascribed to the fact that the verbs of senses are the most common verbs that have copular uses. |
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| A copular verb may also have other uses supplementary to or distinct from its uses as a copula. |
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| A copular verb is often considered to be part of the predicate, the remainder being called a predicative expression. |
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| A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. |
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| Several of the local beaches are very copular in the summer. |
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| As German topicalizes also purely given elements, the inverted copular version does not have to indicate an additional focus for the prenominal argument. |
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| For example, in English though the concept of the copula is most strongly associated with the verb be, there are many other verbs that can be used in a copular sense as well. |
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