Momentarily I cannot seem to download Mr. French's argument list against E-Prime. Yet I found all the replies in this thread very informative.
I too find formulating sentences of identity somewhat hard. From what I read from the thread, it appears to me that Mr. French, in his convictions and beliefs, all too eagerly downplays or seeks to destroy what importance or validity one may attach to EP. At least, in my mind, he seemed intent on debunking all attempts at validation.
@Bromo33333 - Pauses in speech help a speaker organize his or her thoughts. Even those in EP. Even if we had the gift of gab, we still would need pauses. For breath, at least. So naturally we would need these in EP as well.
I have many thoughts, most of which claim a lot more consistency or validity than an ESL brain can provide. I will continue to practice EP, though, till "I get the hang of it."
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