To-Be Verb 'Was'

Do you ever stop when you are composing, then embed the word 'was'? It might have created you forget a depiction or a feeling. On the off chance that you consider how to rethink a sentence, not utilizing the verb "was" you may find that you will look for new words to portray the occasion that you are expounding on. Look at the accompanying illustrations. 

Johnnie was playing in the field. States two actualities, playing, and in a field, about Johnnie. 

Johnnie, a nine-year old, adored playing in the crisply furrowed field behind his home. This sentence educates significantly all the more regarding Johnnie and now the peruser has turned out to be more connected to the young fellow. 

On the off chance that, when beginning an idea you delay, take a stab at embeddings a comma, then truly respite and consider what you need to get crosswise over to the peruser. What sentiments would you like to give, how would you need them to feel about the individual or circumstance you are portraying? Do you need them to know how something smells or what it feels like? At the point when discussing nourishment, does you mouth water when you depict the menu? 

It was a blustery day. This tells us that it was a blustery day okay, and we should be discussing a day before. In any case, would we say we are truly telling a story in the previous strained or in the current state? 

It rained throughout the day on that troubling Friday the 13. In the event that we need to discuss a day before, then tell when it was and possibly to what extent it sprinkled. We could even tell how hot or chilly it was. 

The morning began with a light shower, transforming into deluge that came about the lanes flooding. This lets us know significantly more, and could be utilized as a part of the present or past strained. 

Whenever you read a decent book, look for the quantity of times the writer utilizes the verb 'was', I feel that you might be shocked. In the event that it is rehashed different times, you may discover the perusing exhausting. My objective in composing this may astonish you, you see it's for me, to work on composing and figure out how to keep away from the 'to-be-verbs'. I now have the accompanying 'to-be-verbs' in my novel: is = 352 times, am = 31 times, are = 157 times, was = 6 times, were = 215 times, be = 341 times, being = 44 times, and been = 106 times. Next on my rundown is the To-Be Verb 'is'.

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