subject
Yes, a noun can follow both linking and action verbs in a sentence. In the case of a linking verb, the noun functions as a subject complement that renames or describes the subject. With an action verb, the noun typically functions as the direct object receiving the action of the verb.
It's a state or linking verb
Action verbs show an action taken by the subject, while linking verbs connect the subject to a word that describes or renames it. Example of an action verb: "She ran." Example of a linking verb: "He is happy."
The word "hung" can function as both a linking verb and an action verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject to the state of being (e.g. "I am hungover"). As an action verb, it describes the act of suspending something (e.g. "I hung the picture on the wall").
linking or action verb is follows by a subject.
action and linking
what follows a linking or action verb
subject
subject
A subject follows a linking or action verb. A predicate noun or predicate adjective can follow a linking verb. An indirect object is the noun that can follow an action verb.
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subject
predicate nominative
Yes, a subject complement follows a linking verb and not an action verb.
is stay an action or linking verb
The word cat is a noun, a word for an animal, a thing.Words that are linking or action (or being) are verbs.