Let's call a truce: all threads about the Libya intervention should be posted in E-Prime.

:shrug:

Admittedly older, technology/culturally ignorant DU'er here. :D

EDIT: ...or is it math...I HATED math...

E-Prime (short for English-Prime, sometimes denoted E′ ) is a version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be. Hence, E-Prime allows neither conjugations of to be (am, are, is, was, were, be, been, being), nor archaic forms (e.g. art, wast, wert), nor contractions ('s, 'm, 're).

Some scholars advocate using E-Prime as a device to clarify thinking and strengthen writing.<1> For example, the sentence "the movie was good" could translate into E-Prime as "I liked the movie" or as "the movie made me laugh". The E-Prime versions communicate the speaker's experience rather than judgment, making it harder for the writer or reader to confuse opinion with fact.

(from wikipedia)

Bastardized English unrecognized by the people who speak the language.

but I always have difficulty figuring yours out, aquart. This one, for instance. :D

:hi:

Your notions of controlling speech patterns offends me.

This post bears stains of shit... to paraphrase your own speech patterns.

However, people can create alternate phrasings for the affected ideas.

;)