Seriously? How do I express such sentences as “I was hungry”? “Was” transmits important information about time and is a word expressing being.
Would I say something like: “At a time in the past, hunger dominated my existence”?
“My sense of hunger nagged at my mind”?
“I felt hungry?” This isn’t the same as “I was hungry” because it only expresses a sensation. Whether or not I actually was in a state of hunger isn’t transmitted. Only that I felt that sensation.
I can see how it might help with literary writing, but if I’m just trying to communicate basic facts, the use of being verbs are very useful as a shorthand, and work well for the vast majority of readers. I shouldn’t have to think extra hard to formulate an expression of a commonly understood idea when the template already exists.
