I'm sure, at some point I must have come across the phenomenon of "English Prime." But, for some reason it just didn't stick on my radar screen. The other day, I was reintroduced to the concept.
Essentially, the idea is that one writes entirely without conjugating the verb "to be."
Now, this is, of course, quite possible, not to mention very useful in eliminating the use of the passive voice. But, I have to say, I'd find it very difficult to write without using "To Be" in any form.
Heh, so essentially "To Be or Not To Be" becomes "I am what I choose to...am."
To not be able to use the word "Be" would get rather difficult actually.
Listen up maggots, Mr. Popo's 'bout to teach you the pecking order.
It goes you, the dirt, the worms inside of the dirt, Popo's stool, Kami, then Popo.
~Mr. Popo, Dragonball Z Abridged
dragon wench wrote:
prize for the best and longest paragraph: a cookie hand-crafted by BS
And just why did you say hand-crafted? Do you fear he'll use something else to craft the cookie?
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]ONLY RETARDED PEOPLE WRITE WITH CAPS ON. Good thing I press shift [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Bah! Bunch of lamers! Ye need the lesson of the true powergamer: Play mages, name them Koffi Annan, and only use non-intervention spells! Buwahahahahah![/QUOTE]
I wouldn't even want to understand your craftmanship!
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]ONLY RETARDED PEOPLE WRITE WITH CAPS ON. Good thing I press shift [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Bah! Bunch of lamers! Ye need the lesson of the true powergamer: Play mages, name them Koffi Annan, and only use non-intervention spells! Buwahahahahah![/QUOTE]
