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Marcio_Osorio · 01-08-2008, 06:10 AM

Lost in my own musings and after a bit of dabbling with E-Prime, I thought I could reword the following Standard English passage in (a) into an “acceptable” E-Prime passage in (b) as follows:

(a)“The irony is that Thoreau was in fact surprisingly well read in social and historical contexts [...]”
(b)“Ironically enough, Thoreau appeared surprisingly well read in social and historical contexts [...]”

Does (b) ever stand a chance of passing for an E-Prime statement? Thank you for your response.

01-08-2008, 06:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Marcio_Osorio Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Posts: 171	The irony is that/Ironically (enough) Lost in my own musings and after a bit of dabbling with E-Prime, I thought I could reword the following Standard English passage in (a) into an “acceptable” E-Prime passage in (b) as follows: (a)“The irony is that Thoreau was in fact surprisingly well read in social and historical contexts [...]” (b)“Ironically enough, Thoreau appeared surprisingly well read in social and historical contexts [...]” Does (b) ever stand a chance of passing for an E-Prime statement? Thank you for your response.