alleryStart learning →Why is The window was broken ambiguous?
ABe is auxiliary and copula
BIt has no real subject
CThe agent is a person
DBroken is not a participle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Be is auxiliary and copula
Be can act as the passive auxiliary (an action) or as a linking verb before an adjective (a state), giving two readings.
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