Re: Hyper Cognitive Selectivity [Was Market efficiency and umbrellas]

jmcasey@pacific.net.sg
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:03 +0000

>I experimented with e-prime for several years.
>Try it, you'll (perhaps) like it.

What do you think about the is of gerund, as in "he is walking"?

How about the is of passivity? "The door was closed"?

I've used e-prime for a while myself, but it seems a bit of an unnecessary hassle in at least the first case.

Thoughts?