Hack #52: Communicate in E-Prime

Eliminate the verb "to be" from your communication to become less dogmatic. Easy to learn, hard to master.

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Links

• Kellogg, E.W. III. "Speaking in E-Prime: An Experimental Approach for Integrating General Semantics into Daily Life": http://www.generalsemantics.org/etc/articles/44-2-kellogg.pdf
• Wallace, Michal. The e-primer, a CGI script that checks for uses of the verb "to be": http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eprime.pl
• Wikipedia, "E-Prime": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-prime

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Hack Author

Ron Hale-Evans

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