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what is the difference between 'be' and 'become'?

i am writing my scholarship essay & i always right ".... be successful in life."

is "...become successful in life" more appropriate?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Become seems more appropriate. Saying 'be' sounds more pressured.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    The verb 'become' implies a transformation from one state to another, to come to be.

    Ex.: She became famous after she wrote a bestseller. (She wasn't famous before, but came to be famous later.)

    The verb 'be', as Eliot said, refers to a continuous state, without any change.

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