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12-27-2005, 06:14 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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New to E-Prime
I first stumbled onto E-Prime as a student of the Russian language. It intrigued me that the Russian language does not actively use the verb for "to be".
I purchased the book, "To be or Not......" in 1991, and since then have tried to incorporate E-Prime into my English language speaking and writing. Not too successfully I might add! Finally I begin to explore again E-Prime and all of its facets, after many years of abstinence. This webswite I'll explore with much interest. |
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12-27-2005, 08:55 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
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Hello! Nice to see another member in a community.
Russian doesn't really not use "to be", it just skips it most of the time. Other languages hardly use that verb (or a verb of similar meaning), though, like Mandarin Chinese. |
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