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Links to Related Sites, The Institute for Applied Epistemics and General Semantics
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E-Prime - A Layman's Personal Perspective
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A layman's personal perspective. E-Prime, the omission of the verb "to be" from English usage, alleges not only to clarify meaning in written and spoken English, but also actually to enhance critical thinking! So says its inventor, the semanticist D. David Bourland, Jr. Can a "simple" grammatical construct really do both of these things? Or, at least, probably only partly. The ball is red.". The objection, that the "is" form of the verb "to be", in this sentence, connotes equality, and/or suggests that t...