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• 27 May 16
  

  Dan R.D.

  @ddrrnt that is a keeper. it all depends on what the meaning of is, is. https://t.co/tTDoYQaGIa @fabianszulanski @NEMETICS @antisignal

• 10 Jan 15
  

  Andrej Schoeke

  to:archive eprime Robert Anton Wilson General Semantics philosophy linguistics language

• 28 Apr 14
  

  simulacrumindia
• 07 Oct 13
  

  cbrachyrhynchos

  "E-PRIME, abolishing all forms of the verb "to be," has its roots in the field of general semantics, as presented by Alfred Korzybski in his 1933 book, Science and Sanity. Korzybski pointed out the pitfalls associated with, and produced by, two usages of "to be": identity and predication. His student D. David Bourland, Jr., observed that even linguistically sensitive people do not seem able to avoid identity and predication uses of "to be" if they continue to use the verb at all. Bourland pioneered in demonstrating that one can indeed write and speak without using any form of "to be," calling this subset of the English language "E-Prime." Many have urged the use of E-Prime in writing scientific and technical papers. Dr. Kellogg exemplifies a prime exponent of this activity. Dr. Albert Ellis has rewritten five of his books in E-Prime, in collaboration with Dr. Robert H. Moore, to improve their clarity and to reap the epistemological benefits of this language revision. Korzybski felt that all humans should receive training in general semantics from grade school on, as "semantic hygiene" against the most prevalent forms of logical error, emotional distortion, and "demonological thinking." E-Prime provides a straightforward training technique for acquiring such semantic hygiene."

  semantics linguistics e-prime eprime language philosophy

• 23 Mar 13
  

  Jean-François Noubel

  language e-prime writing ontology

• 27 Sep 11
  

  Andrew Strong

  Robert Anton Wilson's E-Prime

  language philosophy

• 28 Mar 10
  

  jess pigg
• 07 May 09
  

  language

• 30 Apr 09
  

  J M
• 22 Apr 09
  

  kixxtm

  language philosophy linguistics english semantics writing psychology communication

• 15 Apr 09
  

  Sean O'Halpin

  e-prime semantics style

• 04 Jun 08
  

  kaketoe kaketoe

  eprime e- prime wilson language semantics

• 25 Jan 08
  

  dtweney

  English, minus all forms of the verb "to be," can be a useful tool for writing and thinking more clearly. See also http://www.nickpagan.com/blog/59/e-prime/

  english language writing

• 15 Sep 06
  

  DarkLight Mike

  article articles e-prime english imported:del.icio.us interesting language linguistics misc philosophy psychology semantics writing

• 23 May 06
  

  thattommyhall

  language linguistics

• 05 Apr 06
  

  Amy Gahran
• 19 Oct 05
  

  neesee

  Eprime

• 26 Jul 05
  

  Eddy Webb

  Abolishing all forms of "to be"

  writing

• 17 Apr 05
  

  Knigel Holmes

  literature

• 25 Mar 05
  

  barrysaunders

  using EnglishPrime in academic writings
  

  academic

• 03 Mar 05
  

  Calysta Rose

  Aeryn'sLinks Pagan Linguistics Lang-WritingResources

• 26 Jan 05
  

  loosenut

  on avoiding forms of "to be"

  interesting article language 23 fupool delicious

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