To Be or Not to Be: An Exploration of E-Prime, Copula Deletion and Flaming in Electronic Mail.

Thompsen, Philip A.; Ahn, Dong-Keun

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Publication Date: 1992

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To Be or Not to Be: An Exploration of E-Prime, Copula Deletion and Flaming in Electronic Mail.

Thompsen, Philip A.; Ahn, Dong-Keun

ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v49 n2 p146-64 Sum 1992

Studies the efficacy of E-Prime (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be") by looking at copula deletion and "flaming" by 214 users of electronic mail. Concludes that no relationship exists between copula deletion and flaming, which does not support the use of E-Prime. (HB)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Electronic Mail, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Semantics

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Language: English

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