Talk:E-Prime
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correction
An anonymous user wrote:
CORRECTION: the inventor of E-Prime was a student and follower of Alfred Korzybski, Dr. Bourland.
W. Paul Tabaka http://Korzybski.Org
Arabic
Arabic does have a verb 'to be' in the present tense - yakuun (يَكُون) It is not used in the same way as in English of course. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.182.20 (talk) 12:45, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
What about "maybe"?
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, "maybe" comes (unsurprisingly) from "(it) may be."[1] Should we maybe add "maybe" to the article, or does "maybe" maybe qualify for exception according to an authoritative source? --DigitalBluster (talk) 19:06, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
- Good thing you mentioned 'an authoritative source'. There is a wikipedia policy WP:RS about this. According to it, you may add anything that makes sense, provided it is discussed in authoritative sources and you provide a foootnote to it. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:25, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Change to Bible example
Attempting to fulfill a recent citation request, I found numerous excerpts from the New American Standard Bible, rendered into E-Prime by Dr. David F. Maas. These do not include Romans 13:1, which was used as an example here. I went ahead and changed the example (I chose a verse from the Sermon on the Mount, just because), which also meant changing the original from the King James. If anyone objects, well, you know what to do. --DigitalBluster (talk) 07:16, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
- Good job. Now, how about fixing the 'A in W' example? By the way, these examples are a good demonstration how, despite good intentions, e-prime often actually messes with the intention of the phrase rather than fixes it: while the "kingdom" part is OK, the "blessing" part is screwed, if someone wants to dive deeply into theology. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:54, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
No References for "Works Written in E-Prime"
None of these works have references or external links, and the pages for most authors contain no mention at all of E-Prime. Should every work on the list have a [citation needed] added? Brauden (talk) 18:51, 8 July 2014 (UTC)