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Publication Date: 1993
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Comments on a Public Speaking Text in E-Prime.
Gruner, Charles R.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v50 n3 p336-42 Fall 1993
Describes how a teacher revised his public speaking textbook by altering the style to "E-Prime" (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be"). Summarizes the arguments against the use of E-Prime and provides responses that might come from E-Prime's supporters. (HB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Public Speaking, Semantics, Textbooks
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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