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RE: To be or not to be: An E-Prime Primer
Thankyou, I consider that high praise!
It is :) RAW wrote to entertain most of the time, this is straight out condensed information. I appreciate that.
Thankyou, I consider that high praise!
It is :) RAW wrote to entertain most of the time, this is straight out condensed information. I appreciate that.
As you can see, I haven't quite converted my writing to E-Prime. :)
Don't worry, I don't all the time either. Look closely at the last sentence in the OP... ;)
I'm not sure if E-prime excludes that use of the word "is". You use "is" in this case to point at something, ala "Here's Johhny!" I suppose you could say "In the following video, RAW discusses E-Prime." But, meh. :)
When I write in E-Prime, I tend to avoid waffle as a positive side-effect. That tends to produce condensed information. Another reason I like it. I hope it doesn't get too dry...
Consider a challenge? :)
What kind of challenge?
First one to use a form of "to be" in a blog post loses. One week.
I see. Presumably we exclude quotations. However the easy way to win would mean posting no blog posts for a week. Or very short ones. So we should count the number of words used before the form of 'to be' appears. Rather than time of post... ;)
Done. :) It's on.
SHIITT.
If you're ready, we start now.
DAMMIT. (these are honest, just putting them down for the record).
Agree? Go!
Wait wait.
I. Exclude quotes.
II. Number of words
III. Comments not included. :)
Agreed. :) No cheating either. (For example, long lists of random words that just happen to exclude all forms of 'to be'). Quotes and comments are also excluded from the word count.