BB2 Writing question: pg 411 / #32

WasatchWriter
Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:32:44 +0000

@Ash9622


“were to be found” is just icky. You don’t read this construction very often because it says almost nothing in 4 words, and because there really isn’t any “finding” going on.
Parallel construction would be better: “While medieval castles [blah blah blah], royal palaces [blah blah blah].”