Friday, July 3, 2009

Grammer Corner: To Be Verbs

UUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGG! I am now officially a self-conscious writer. I was gaining confidence in my writing until I was enlightened with the horrible use of "to be" verbs. Just had to erase another sentence because of the stupid to be verbs. I completed some research on to be verbs and found several sites. I posted two of those sites one of which I believe helps me to understand that in some situations "to be" is ok as opposed "not to be."
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
http://www.unc.edu/~dcderosa/Draftworkshops/tobeverbs.html
I personally recommend the second site because it gives insight great insight to finding the dreaded "to be" verbs in your writings. This piece contains a great idea to save time when reviewing and editing your writing. Good luck!

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