Watch out for WAS - write with quality and originality!
And to all his relatives. There was, there were, there weren't... Well, there's a lot of them. And that's why they can make the text pretty muddy. You don't believe me? Do you have Ctrl + F? Could I see them?
Seriously, those of you who work in Word (but I believe other text editors have it) use the search function. And mark the word: was. When I did that for my first draft, the pages lit up in yellow like a field of sunflowers.
It was a beautiful morning. It was warm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was the beginning of summer, and the streets were full of children who had started their holidays. Little Ela was among them, playing with a ball that was so colorful that all her other friends envied it.
The easiest thing you can do when you discover a WAS like that is to replace it with another verb.
It looked like a lovely morning. The air was hot and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Summer had just begun and the streets were filled with children on holiday. Little Ela was frolicking among them, playing with a ball. It shone with all the colours and the other children envied her.
Yes, sometimes it already requires more work with the text. But believe me, it's worth it. Think of it as a test of your vocabulary and how well you can play with words. So watch out for WAS, and may it make your writing a pleasure.
P. S. You know why they say to watch out? As a kid, I believed the story that it was the fault of the composer Bach, who was supposedly so evil that when he walked through the house, his servants would warn each other that he was coming. You may know a similar story about an Austrian minister named Alexander Bach. But the truth is that the Czech language, which was for many years under the influence of German, probably took this saying from the original Obacht geben or beware.
