A Teletype Model 32 used for Telex service. The telex network is a switched network of teleprinters similar to a telephone network, for the purposes of sending text-based messages. The term refers to the network, not the teleprinters; point-to-point teleprinter systems had been in use long before telex exchanges were formed starting in the 1930s.
Term: Linking Verb. A linking verb is a verb that connects the subject to the complement. They are sometimes called copula or copular verbs. EG: That food smells good. ('Smells' connects the subject to the adjective that describes it.) The following are the principal linking verbs in English that can be used to connect the subject to an adjective:
Predicate Adjectives. An adjective that follows a linking verb is called a predicate adjective. A linking verb expresses a state of being, not an action. Therefore, when we use a linking verb, we must use an adjective after it, not an adverb.otice that predicate adjectives can be modified by adverbs. A noun that follows a linking verb is called a predicate noun. You might encounter the term predicate nominative, which is an older term for predicate noun.