Suggested alternatives for the dreaded "to be" verbs:
Be |
endure, survive, exist, last, live, persist, prevail, abide, arise, contribute |
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Have |
carry, bear, possess, hold, keep, retain, regard, include, use, require, receive, accept, exhibit, show, exercise, experience, submitted to, allow, trick, fooled, undergoing, compel, oblige, require, mandate |
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Do |
carry out, put, perform, execute, commit, bring about, effect, finish, exert, exhaust, produce, mimic, manage, |
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Will |
desire, wish, disposition, inclination, determination, request, command, volition, employ, means, order |
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Must |
requirement, essential, signify, happen |
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Would |
wish, desired, want, occur, appear, look, constitute, make, equal |
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Not |
fail, inability, lack, dearth, without, absence, void, null, vacuum |