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Grammar
Grow as a linking verb
As the speakers of such languages grow old and die, their languages will die, too.
Is "grow" a linking verb here?
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As the speakers of such languages grow old and die , their languages will die, too. Yes, "grow" is one of a number of verbs that take resultative complements. The complements are almost always adjectival.
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As the speakers of such languages grow old and die, their languages will die, too.
Yes, "grow" is one of a number of verbs that take resultative complements. The complements are almost always adjectival.
Other examples include "fall" (Ed fell asleep); "turn" (Things turned nasty); "come" (It came open).
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