Talk:copular verb

"Adverbial" copulae?
What about those verbs which act like copulae but require an adverbial predicate? For instance, "this book reads well"? Can you think of any other examples? --AndreRD (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

(BrE) used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc
used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc I can't seem to get through to you https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/seem --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:44, 7 May 2020 (UTC)