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My professor deducted a point for every instance of the verb “be” in my papers in college. Refactor “was, is, are” out of your sentences and you’ll see your wri
by potench 6y ago
My professor deducted a point for every instance of the verb “be” in my papers in college. Refactor “was, is, are” out of your sentences and you’ll see your writing improve - it forces you to think very critically about the subject of each action in a sentence and your writing will sound more precise for it.
- _0ffh 6y agoMight he have been a fan of general semantics?
- Angostura 6y ago“To is, or not to is? That is the question “
- bryanrasmussen 6y agonow you're using too much is. To exist or not, I ask myself.
- finnomenon 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime