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Peer reviewedBourland, D. David, Jr. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1996
Recounts the efforts of a long-time advocate of E-Prime (English without the verb "to be") to use fewer forms of "to be" when writing, and especially, when speaking, where it is more difficult to monitor oral utterances. Uses a "crispness index" (a semantic equation) to measure language processes. Discusses empirical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Oral Language, Scholarship
