how shortsighted was that labster? You can use E-prime on a segment of text. It doesn't mean you have to use it on everything you write in your entire life.
look, if you start and stop using it at your leisure it's obviously the same thing as just using English. the only additional feature it confers upon your language use is a handicap. if you can lift that handicap whenever you want, there's nothing left of your cute little innovation.

let me know when you're all caught up with me. in fact, don't. i'm leaving this thread to it's misery.

ps. i was responding to the first part of aqua's post under it's only sensible interpretation, not the second sentence which he edited in later causing him to turn his own comment into a non-sequitur for the reason i express above.