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Stop using 'is'!

>> No.13180874
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13180874

>"Is", "is." "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything"is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment.

>> No.13180932

>>13180854

>t. Knight who says ni

>> No.13181035

>>13180854
DUDE
DMT
L̢͔̙̖͔͇M̨̗̱̻̪̺͜A͕̬̳Ó̰̱͔̪̹̪̳ ̛̗̮̼̱̥ͅ

>> No.13181124
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>>13180854

>> No.13181690

E-prime

>> No.13181701

Does he mean every auxiliary verb? Or just is? How could a language function without auxiliaries?

>> No.13181714

>>13180854
Is is a word 'cause it is in the dictionary.

>> No.13181761

>>13180874
What.
How far up your own ass do you have to be to be like
>lol reality is just a meme brah
That's not deep, you're just in denial.

>> No.13181784

>>13181761
>lol reality is just a meme brah
*lol reality seems like just a meme brah
FTFY

Kellogg and Bourland describe misuse of the verbto beas creating a "deity mode of speech", allowing "even the most ignorant to transform their opinions magically into god-like pronouncements on the nature of things".

>> No.13181804

>>13181701
E-prime excludes all forms of the verb to be, including all conjugations, contractions and archaic forms.
Words not used in E-prime include: be, being, been, am, is, isn't, are, aren't, was, wasn't, were, and weren't.

Contractions formed from a pronoun and a form of to be are also not used, including: 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, and that's. E-Prime also prohibits contractions of to be found in nonstandard dialects of English, such as "ain't".

>> No.13181996

>>13181784
>Captain! There's an enemy sniper up there!
>Now wait just a second, Corporal. It might not be a sniper. It could be an ordinary infantryma-
>BRRRRRT
>You were right, Captain! It was a decoy!
>HGLRURLRL
>Don't worry, Captain, the medic should be here in half an hour!

>> No.13182008 [DELETED] 

>>13180874
Sounds like autism

>> No.13182047
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>>13180854
>It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is.

>> No.13183164

>>13180874
I would love to read an entire book with this restraint.
>>13181804
>>13181996

>> No.13183286

>>13181784
Nice speed anon

>> No.13183841

>>13181804
as an experiment, i tried using E-prime at work.

"Anon, how's the acetyl batch going? Time frame?"

"It looks okay to me, and I think it'll be done by the end of shift."

the manager actually took me aside and said i should be more confident. leave out the self-referential shit and just say "it's going okay and it'll be done by the end of the shift." said i sounded uncertain.

got fired a week later, but that was because i doubted the existence of a delivery of material that was late.

>> No.13183854

>>13183841
>living the philosophical life