http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/26/e-prime-and-the-imperialist-razor-part-i/ Revitalizing Riddles, Mythic Story, Family, Village and Land. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/26/e-prime-and-the-imperialist-razor-part-i/#comment-24654 Francis Cartier Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:30:01 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2009/02/26/e-prime-and-the-imperialist-razor-part-i/#comment-24654 Wow! Good for you! I haven't seen a reference to E-prime since my own article, "But What IS it, Really?" in Performance and Instruction , May/June 1989. It, by the way, is written in E'. I, too, allow the auxiliary verb since it doesn't function as a predicate. Here's another thought that may keep you awake at night. English is fraught wifh mind-numbing reifications. As a former Professor of Communication, I now try to avoid using such nouns as 'communication' and 'creativity' as though they were things. There are many other examples. For instance, "leadership" probably ought to be an adverb; then we'd have to specify the predicate it modifies. Talk about serendipity. I found your comments while searching for items to include in my column, Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes, in the Mensa Research Journal. Have fun, too! Wow! Good for you! I haven’t seen a reference to E-prime since my own article, “But What IS it, Really?” in Performance and Instruction , May/June 1989. It, by the way, is written in E’. I, too, allow the auxiliary verb since it doesn’t function as a predicate.
Here’s another thought that may keep you awake at night. English is fraught wifh mind-numbing reifications. As a former Professor of Communication, I now try to avoid using such nouns as ‘communication’ and ‘creativity’ as though they were things. There are many other examples. For instance, “leadership” probably ought to be an adverb; then we’d have to specify the predicate it modifies.
Talk about serendipity. I found your comments while searching for items to include in my column, Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes, in the Mensa Research Journal. Have fun, too!

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