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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is E-prime a great idea? #143975 06/14/2005 11:44 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin In light of the tenuous definitions of abstract mental states like addictions listed under headings like 'mental illnesses' floating around the misc. board, perhaps, in *this situation, one could consider it pertinent to consider the ambitious notion of e-prime for completely abolishing 'to be' from language... http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit a prime idea #143976 06/14/2005 12:37 PM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 carpathian member carpathian member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 one could consider it pertinent to consider the ambitious notion of e-prime for completely abolishing 'to be' from language... This is a very compelling proposition, belligerentyouth. Thank you for bringing it to us. "E-Prime" really could help people to think more profoundly and more conscientously and realistically about reality. But the dense fog of jargon in which Alfred Korzybski and his admirers have explained this concept, paradoxically, defeats the illumination of reality which the concept could, and probably should, engender. What they are really talking about is describing the world in factual terms, based on what we actually know, rather than in judgmental terms, based on what we think we know, or based on the 'truths' any particular majority finds emotionally satisfying. Such 'truths' are always, at best, an oversimplification, and, therefore, untruths. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,270 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 John Flex 1 John Fox 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 handymanhome 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,129 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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