Linking verbs are neither active nor passive and act like an 'equals' (or inequality) sign. By far the most common linking verb is 'to be'. Use linking verbs to describe a 'state of being'.
A monthly market that comes to life the weekend before the second Monday of each month, Bowieâs Second Monday Trade Days have been a Bowie fixture for over a century. In fact, in some ways, Second Monday Trade Days put the malls to shame.
-- James Bowie, February 2, 1836 When he came to Texas in 1830, James Bowie was already a celebrity of sorts for his adventurousness and expert fighting ability. In 1827, a feud in which Bowie brandished a large butcher knife to defend himself established him as one of the best fighters in the South -- and the Bowie knife became forever associated with his prowess.