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 Noun. when a linking verb is an action, you will be able to see it tâ¦. is, are, was, were. the noun or adjective that follow a linking verb. identifies the subject, created when the linking verb connectsâ¦.