Your original question is invalid because the questioner would never ask it if they only used E-Prime.  Let&#x27;s re-phrase your question with E-Prime: &quot;Describe E-Prime to me, I&#x27;ve never heard of it.&quot;<p>You get the idea now?  The very form of the question affects your understanding of the answer.  Through the description you receive, you begin to understand what E-Prime means to those that came up with it.  In E-Prime, you literally can&#x27;t state what it <i>is</i> to anyone else because that would go against E-Prime&#x27;s rules.