After working on the be-verb exercise, I've noticed it coming up in my writing much, much more than necessary. It's like pointing out how many times a person says the word, "like" when they're talking. (Hah, I already failed.) It's so, like, frustrating. I mean, like, you like start to like focus on like everything you say, and then like every other word like is engulfed by that word, like y'know? It's like, borderline reverse psychology in like a loosely-related way. Since it's like, already in your head, it like wants to jump out at like every opportunity like you could imagine. Just like being like reminded of it like encourages the like bad habit. I was like, having like major issues like trying to like fix all the like super annoying be-verbs that like kept popping out of my paper like it was like going out of style. That exercise like helped me like a ton to like further edit like my writing. Like can't you like tell?
Disclaimer: I'll try and post a translated version soon, so it's actually readable!
Wow. I'm not going to be able to talk right for weeks now. =]
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haha, halfway through your blog i stopped paying attention and just counted how many times you used the word like (33 in case you are curious). But any who, I seem to have the same issues with be verbs. They always seem to just pop up and land in my paper in random areas where I don't remember putting them. I had never before been instructed to replace them with more active words so I struggle with them a good amount. Good thing for revisions, right?
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh. This is funny, Kelsey.
ReplyDeleteThe first step toward change is being aware of your problem. ;)