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Subject:Re: E-Prime From:Jim Venis <ujv01 -at- MAILHOST -dot- UNIDATA -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 14 Feb 1994 08:16:09 CST
> I must be missing something here, but the passive "be" is a helping verb,
> so there shouldn't be any problem with E-Prime passives.
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> Randy Allen Harris
> raha -at- watarts -dot- uwaterloo -dot- ca
I see what you mean, Randy. It seems to me, however, that the majority of
E-Prime
advocates prefer the MORE restrictive application of E-Prime: No "is"
verbs at all. --Jim Venis ujv01 -at- unidata -dot- com Denver, Colo.
