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It's a verb, from "to be."
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Is is a noun and a verb in this sentence.
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Bill Clinton can give you 10,000 words about "is." Yes, it is a verb, form of the infinitive "to be." A good challenge that will substantially improve your writing ability is to write without any forms of the verb "to be." It can be frustrating though, why I don't try to do that here.
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It is a linking verb. Ask Clinton what it is means and he'll check with his lawyers.
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Technically, it is a linking verb, and generally, it is not to be used without another verb.
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"Is," "is." "is" — the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment. -Robert Anton Wilson
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The word "is" is a verb, a conjugation of the verb "to be."
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