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Publication Date: 1992
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The Word "E-Prime" Is Not the Thing.
Wanderer, Robert
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v49 n2 p189-91 Sum 1992
Discusses the feasibility of the total elimination of conjugated forms of "to be," as advocates of E-Prime suggest. Claims that a total elimination is not acceptable, because certain forms of the verb "to be" are more feasibile and therefore more important than others. (HB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Semantics
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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