The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
Not “To Be” E-Prime and Mortality Salience
Kevin Holbeche | April 27, 2023
English Prime. It conjugates the English language without the verb “to be” – for example, without the words “is”, “am”, “are”, “was”, and “were”. Some believe that these words possess certain dogmatic and infallible aspects, where only uncertainty and the unknowable should truly hold sway.