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The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object of the verb is a different form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister); or the subject becomes the object (My feet got wet. feet->wet).

It would be difficult but possible to use 'started' as a linking verb, for example:

The engine started itself. (engine = itself). or:

She started the engine herself. This is not a linking verb because the object of the verb 'started' is 'the engine', not 'herself', the indirect object.

Normally, 'started' is not a linking verb.

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