The word "was" to not use in writing, dont use the word was?
My english teacher told me to get rid of all "was"s in my essay and to replace them. I did it even though it seemed a bit difficult to re-write all my sentences. When writing essays is the word "was" bad? Or it's just him?
To be honest, some of the sentences did sound better without the words.
He gave us a list of words to refrain from like "was, is, are, were, be , been and being."
Hello! "Was" is not inherently bad. Your teacher is trying to get you to expand your thinking and refrain from using vocabulary that you commonly rely on. I've seen similar assignments that prohibited the use of all forms of "to be," and these make students think about their writing in a different way. Feel free to use "was" and all other forms of "to be" in other essays.
