# E-Prime

> modified form of English that eliminates all forms of the word "to be" in order to prevent the passive voice and force the writer or speaker to name the agent of a statement

**Wikidata**: [Q3382728](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3382728)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/e-prime


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013