From: Sunah Cherwin (slippery@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Aug 24 1996 - 18:14:55 MDT
I said:
>
Try, it, dude! I recommend setting a good example if you want to see more
E-prime. My friend and I tried it for ten minutes last month and found that
there
<b>was</b>
some major part of English that didn't have much to with identity that we
couldn't use. Oh, yeah, the present and past continuous. E-prime, like many
limits, has benefit for thinking about the limits, but I prefer a subset
that doesn't cut out any tenses. (See, I did it. I think.)
I looked at this paragraph a LOT, but missed that one:
My friend and I tried it for ten minutes last month and found that we
couldn't use some major part of English that didn't have much to do with
identity.
God, I love editing.
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