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Consider the following statement:

Julie is a nurse

What does this tell us about Julie?

Even more important what does it omit about
Julie?
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Julie works part time as a nurse
Julie has 3 children
Julie has won prizes for her photography
Julie bakes delicious cakes which she sells on a stall
on Saturday
Julie holds a teaching position at the University
where she works most of the week
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E-Prime
Developed by linguist David Bourland
A Harvard Business Graduate who had studied
under Alfred Korzybski
Based upon General Semantics it involves
removing all variants of the verb to be from the
language we use
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Korzybskis Problems with to be

The is of identity e.g. Julie is a nurse

The is of predication e.g. That leaf is green.

The leaf appeared green in the bright sunshine
Or
I perceived the leafs colour to be green
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Discouraged forms
be
being
been
am
is; isn't
are; aren't
was; wasn't
were; weren't
Contractions formed from a
pronoun and a conjugation of to be:
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
that's


Allowed words
become; becomes; becoming; became
has; have; having; had
I've; you've; we'd; they'll
do; does; doing; did
can; could
will; would
shall; should
ought
may; might; must
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Standard English E-Prime
To be or not to be,
That is the question. Shakespeare's Hamlet
To exist or not to exist,
I ask this question. modified from
Shakespeare's Hamlet
Roses are red;
Violets are blue.
Honey is sweet,
And so are you.
Roses look red;
Violets look blue.
Honey tastes sweet,
As sweet as you.
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by
her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to
do: once or twice she had peeped into the book
her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a
book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or
conversation?' Lewis Carroll's Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland
Alice had just begun to tire of sitting by her
sister on the bank, and of having nothing to
do: once or twice she had peeped into the
book her sister read, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, 'and what use has a book,'
thought Alice 'without pictures or
conversation?' modified from Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Be careful!

Dont just replace to be with another verb

Think carefully about what you mean to say

This forces you to communicate clearly
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NLP likes to talk about:

The META MODEL
Precise, detailed chunk
down


The MILTON MODEL
Artfully vague, chunk
up
In reality language is a continuum
Precise Vague
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Sheep
Plant
Living
Things
Animal
Farm
Animal
Cow
Beef
Roast
Beef
Food
Pasta
Spaghetti
Stalk Leaf
Chunk up
Chunk down
Chunk across
MILTON MODEL
META MODEL