<p>Is there anything wrong with starting a sentence with "there was" or "there are" ? Anything wrong with those words being the first words of the essay?</p>
<p>Which is better?</p>
<p>"Nothing was spectacular about..."</p>
<p>"There was nothing spectacular about..."</p>
<p>Also, when is it appropriate to use "myself" instead of "me"?</p>
<p>You could even say:</p>
<p>"Nothing spectacular distinguished this robe from the other robes in the shop"</p>
<p>But in terms of evaluating when to use each in a situation here's my take:</p>
<p>"There was nothing spectacular about"
-This seems like too much of an exposition. If you want to operate by the "show not tell" model of essay writing, this is not a particularly compelling opener.</p>
<p>"Nothing was spectactular"
-Strong opener but may present the issue with too much subjectivity.</p>
<p>Try the suggested line. It offers a tempered emotion.</p>
<p>Thanks dearsiryes. :)</p>
<p>Alright, regarding "me" and "myself" here's the gramatical analysis:</p>
<p>Me is considered an "object" pronoun. </p>
<p>Myself, on the other hand, is a reflexive pronoun. Examples could be: “I saw myself in the iridescent lake."</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>How about this?</p>
<p>"Even more important, however, is my new understanding..."</p>
<p>Should it be "importantly" instead of "important"?</p>
<p>Rather than that, why not just write:</p>
<p>Take out the even, add the -ly.</p>
<p>It already seems that you're doing too much telling.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Hey, do you want to read my essay? :) It'd be great if you could read it since it you're so good at this stuff.</p>
<p>Eh. I just write trying to avoid all forms of TO BE. It makes your writing 100x better.</p>
<p>Write again.</p>
<p>Definitely meant to say, "Right" again. Don't ask where the 'again' came from.</p>