http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/18/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-inexpressible-in-e-prime/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/18/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-inexpressible-in-e-prime/#comment-7 Cindy Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:23:08 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/18/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-inexpressible-in-e-prime/#comment-7 This seems like an attempt to take the humanity out of language. If you want precision, use a computer language. Ambiguity in language can come from intonation, expression, which words are stressed, WHETHER I TYPE IN ALL CAPS, ETC. I think that some of the beauty in language and the culture it represents lies in its interpretation. I'm not quite ready to live in a brave new linguistical world. This seems like an attempt to take the humanity out of language. If you want precision, use a computer language. Ambiguity in language can come from intonation, expression, which words are stressed, WHETHER I TYPE IN ALL CAPS, ETC. I think that some of the beauty in language and the culture it represents lies in its interpretation. I’m not quite ready to live in a brave new linguistical world.

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