THE TOP TEN ARGUMENTS AGAINST E-PRIME.

Presents ten arguments against the use of E-Prime. E-Prime and the elimination of a whole class of statements; Semantics and writing techniques as different fields; Vast expanse of `to be' statements; Identity-in-the-language and identity-in-reaction; Benefits of the verb `to be'; More.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 175 - 180
Main Author: French, James D.
Format: Article
Published: Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Summer92
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Summary:Presents ten arguments against the use of E-Prime. E-Prime and the elimination of a whole class of statements; Semantics and writing techniques as different fields; Vast expanse of `to be' statements; Identity-in-the-language and identity-in-reaction; Benefits of the verb `to be'; More.