Tag: e-prime
-
E-Prime and the Retiring of ‘To Be’
A form of constrained writing, E-Prime strives to completely restrict the use of the verb to be as a way to prevent implications of certainty and objectivity. As part of the This Column Will Change Your Life series, Oliver Burkeman discusses the merits of E-Prime andĀ unambiguousĀ language. To think about and function in the world, [Alfred…