http://bethestory.com/2009/12/28/should-you-always-avoid-the-verb-to-be You are the stories you write. Tue, 15 May 2012 02:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://bethestory.com/2009/12/28/should-you-always-avoid-the-verb-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-30967 Roberta Gallant Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:54:28 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=533#comment-30967 Mr. King, I love your article on this website because it teaches me how to avoid to-be verbs in my writing. You teach other people well. Thank you kindly for your elegant eye opener! Mr. King, I love your article on this website
because it teaches me how to avoid to-be verbs
in my writing. You teach other people well.
Thank you kindly for your elegant eye opener!

]]> http://bethestory.com/2009/12/28/should-you-always-avoid-the-verb-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-29643 leo Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:31:55 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=533#comment-29643 Thanks for an eye opener. You are a good teacher. Thanks for an eye opener. You are a good teacher.

]]> http://bethestory.com/2009/12/28/should-you-always-avoid-the-verb-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-29154 Suldog Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:35:53 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=533#comment-29154 Ooh. Copulative. I feel all warm and tingly. Ooh. Copulative. I feel all warm and tingly.

]]> http://bethestory.com/2009/12/28/should-you-always-avoid-the-verb-to-be/comment-page-1#comment-29151 11+ Ways to Say “He Smiled” | be the story Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:58:20 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=533#comment-29151 [...] appeared amused.’ Very weak, because “appeared” is just one step away from the verb “to be.” But hit your thesaurus for “amused.” Maybe this is the best way to communicate how the [...] [...] appeared amused.’ Very weak, because “appeared” is just one step away from the verb “to be.” But hit your thesaurus for “amused.” Maybe this is the best way to communicate how the [...]

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