Thursday, May 5, 2016

cupola, copula

Cupola or cupola means a small dome on top of a roof, usually set on a cylinder or drum--
He is on top of the gazebo, painting the cupola.
If you look out the upstairs window, you can see the cupola on top of the school.

Copula or copula means a link or tie, meaning a word used to link the subject of a sentence to its complement--
A copula is most commonly a form of the verb "to be".
"He was late."  The copula is "was".

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Find the copula in this sentence: The cupola is charming."

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