E-Prime
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e-prime-183-13357435
title:
E-Prime
text:
E-Prime denotes a restricted form of English in which authors avoid all forms of the verb to be. E-Prime excludes forms such as be, being, been, present tense forms, past tense forms along with their negative contractions, and nonstandard contractions such as ain't and 'twas. E-Prime also excludes contractions such as I'm, we're, you're, he's, she's, it's, they're, there's, here's, where's, when's, why's, how's, who's, what's, and that's. Some scholars claim that E-Prime can clarify thinking and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Modified form of English that eliminates all forms of the word "to be"
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime
date created:
2001-12-08T19:41:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T00:02:00Z
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