"Is" is the linking verb in this sentence. All this means is that "is" is the verb and the type of verb is a linking verb.
Yes, "elected" can act as a linking verb when it is used to connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement that describes or renames the subject. For example, in the sentence "She was elected president," "elected" is serving as a linking verb linking "she" to the subject complement "president."
Linking
There is no linking verb in the sentence "The people elected him president in 1800." Elected is a regular verb.Linking verbs do not express an action and connect the subject to a subject complement. Example: Learning is fun. Isis a linking verb connecting the subject (learning) to the complement (fun).
The verb in the sentence is "is", a form of the verb to be.The verb "is' is functioning as a linking verb. A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object restates the subject (soccer = game).
The predicate noun (or predicate nominative) is the noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object is a form of the subject, or the subject becomes the object.Examples:Mary was elected class president. (Mary->president)Mary is the new class president. (Mary=president)
The predicate adjective (also called a subject complement)is the adjective following a linking verb which describes the subject of the sentence.
The gerund phrase in this sentence is "children singing.", serving as the subject complement after the linking verb "is."
A linking sentence is a sentence to finish off a paragraph as well as starting the other paragraph.
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The linking verb in that sentence is "seems".
The linking verb in the sentence is "became."