PROHIBITING OBSCURANT SPEECH WITH E-PRIME (E’) DISALLOWED WORDS be; being; been;

PROHIBITING OBSCURANT SPEECH WITH E-PRIME (E’)

DISALLOWED WORDS

be; being; been; am; is; isn’t; are; aren’t; was; wasn’t; were; weren’t;

Contractions formed from a pronoun and a form of to be:

I’m; you’re; we’re; they’re; he’s; she’s; it’s; there’s; here’s; where’s; how’s; what’s; who’s; that’s;

Contractions of to be found in nonstandard dialects of English, such as the following:

ain’t; hain’t (when derived from ain’t rather than haven’t); whatcha (derived from what are you); yer (when derived from you are rather than your).

ALLOWED WORDS

The following words, do not derive from forms of to be. Some of these serve similar grammatical functions (see auxiliary verbs).

become; has; have; having; had (I’ve; you’ve); do; does; doing; did; can; could; will; would (they’d); shall; should; ought; may; might; must; remain; equal.

PROPERTARIANISM

In theory I should state Propertarianism in E’. But it’s incredibly burdensome and there is a difference between writing laws and writing philosophy. (Yes, that’s a lame excuse. I may have to write the primary statements in E’ and let the historical examples sit in ordinary language. )