Re: Is "is" a verb?

From: Rex F. May (rex.may_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:34:41 GMT

in article c98b1ba0.0406150839.56739431@posting.google.com, DE781 at
de781@aol.com wrote on 6/15/04 10:39 AM:

> "Dylan Nicholson" <wizofaus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<2j6qmtFub0n6U1@uni-berlin.de>...
>> "DE781" <de781@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>> I am indeed a native speaker of English. I challenge ANYONE to tell
>>> me that "I'm being well" is not a correct English sentence!

I can imagine a context where it's correct.

(to guy who'd been sick and is resting up)

"What are you doing these days?"

"Not much. I'm being well."

What context did you have in mind?

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