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Was Fired
Was or WAS may refer to: * ''Was'', a past-tense form of the English copular verb ''Copula (linguistics)#English, to be'' People * David Was (born c. 1952), the stage name of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Weiss * Don Was (born 1952), the stage name of bass guitarist, record producer, and recording executive Donald Fagenson * W. A. Sibly (1882–1959), headmaster and vegetarianism activist, who was also known by his initials W. A. S. In arts and entertainment * Was (novel), ''Was'' (novel), by Geoff Ryman, 1992 * "Was", a short story in William Faulkner's ''Go Down, Moses'' * ''Was??'', a musical composition by Folke Rabe * Was (Not Was), an American pop group led by David and Don Was Software * IBM WebSphere Application Server * Windows Activation Services, a container for hosting WCF services In reference to Washington, D.C. * Transportation in Washington, D.C.#Air, All airports serving the Washington, D.C. area (IATA airport code) * Washington Union Station (Amt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Copula (linguistics)
In linguistics, a copula (; : copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' in the sentence "It was not being cooperative." The word ''copula'' derives from the Latin noun for a "link" or "tie" that connects two different things. A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English primary education grammar courses, a copula is often called a linking verb. In other languages, copulas show more resemblances to pronouns, as in Classical Chinese and Guarani, or may take the form of suffixes attached to a noun, as in Korean, Beja, and Inuit languages. Most languages have one main copula (in English, the verb "to be"), although some (such as Spanish, Portuguese and Thai) have more than one, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
