I bemoan rather than beatify prescriptionists who bequeath their own bespoke English upon the world, befuddled when the rest of us find it somewhere between <i>befouling</i> and <i>beleaguering</i> rather than bewitching.  Belike I belabor the point; I can begrudgingly believe avoiding &quot;to be&quot; might bestow a little clarity, sometimes.  But betwixt you and I, in excess it bewilders me.