More E-Prime: To Be or Not II (Paperback)

by D. David Bourland Jr. (Author)

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About the Author
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Paul Dennithorne Johnston, a graduate of the City of London (England) Polytechnic, serves as Executive Director of the International Society for General Semantics and Managing Editor of ETC.: A Review of General Semantics. Mr. Johnston has worked as newspaper reporter and editor, and has published fiction and nonfiction in the U.S.A. and Britain.

D. David Bourland, Jr., graduated from Culver Military Academy (1946), Harvard College (A.B. Mathematics, 1951), Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (M.B.A. 1953), and the Universidad de Costa Rica (Licenciatura in English Linguistics, 1973). Mr. Bourland, who held a fellowship for study at the Institute for General Semantics, 1949-1950, has participated in many of the Institute's seminars, edited the General Semantics Bulletin, 1964-1970, and acted as a trustee of the Institute, 1964-1989. He served on the Staff, Commander Naval Forces Far East, as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, 1953-1955, and worked in naval operations research, 1955-1971. Mr. Bourland taught at the Universidad de Costa Rica from 1971 to 1980, retiring as Associate Professor of Linguistics.

Jeremy Klein, a graduate of the University of Chicago, has served since 1990 as Editor-in-Chief of ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, and since 1991 as President of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the International Society for General Semantics. Mr. Klein also holds the position of Associate Editor with a major West Coast commercial real estate trade journal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Intl Society for General (July 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918970407
• ISBN-13: 978-0918970404
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,484,066 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Valid extension of the original., May 30, 2000

By A Customer

"More E-Prime: To Be or Not II" stands as a worthy appendage to Bourland's original. But note the "appendage" label.

I read "E-Prime II" perhaps a year ago; I read the original, "E-Prime: To be or Not," many years ago. The original had a significant effect on the way I write and speak. It added a valuable problem-solving tool to my communicative tool box.

For me, the sequel lacked that importance, but readers who struggled with the original book may benefit from the sequel's extended explanations and additional examples.

For a student new to E-Prime and General Semantics, I would not pass up the original in favor of this sequel.

2.0 out of 5 stars Tired, December 20, 2008

By	L. Nada (earth, milky way) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

How much more can they write about E-prime? It has not caught on, probably because no one has shown how e-prime can really improve your writing.
Can it? Does it? Some articles deal with this, such as this and linked ones.
http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_eprime.html
Perhaps it's time to stop reading about it and start using it.
Best wishes to all!