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:
Not all verbs are Linking Verbs, of course. One type of non-linking verb is the dynamic verb (sometimes called an action verb). Here the subject is actively involved in a specific action, e.g. 'kick', 'run', 'eat'. Often, action verbs require something to complete their meaning, but sometimes they don't.hus the clause is analysed: Subject (She) - Linking Verb (seems) - Complement (tired) or S-V-C. Note that in both those examples the predicatives are called 'subject complements' because they tell you about the subject, either by renaming it (father), or describing it (tired).