Brown's grammatical morphemes (contractible/uncontractible)
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Contractible copula
A form of “to be” that links a subject and description and can be shortened
She’s happy
He’s tall
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Contractible auxiliary
Helps the main verb and can be shortened
He’s running
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Uncontractible copula
Links the subject and the description but cannot be shortened
Who is it? It is me
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Uncontractible auxiliary
Helps the main verb but cannot be shortened
She was running
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