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Re:E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be' by nkrisc on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:03PM (#10690712)
> I'm named|called Steven

It is perfectly normal to use phrasing such as that in some languages apart from English. While not common in English, I think generally it makes more sense this way.

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Re:E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be' by air on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:34PM (#10690989)
The point was that those are forbidden in E-prime, (they have "am" in them).
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Re:E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be' by nkrisc on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:34PM (#10692033)
Bah. You can see it is ingrained in me.

I meant instead "I call myself ______ ", which is common in Spanish, for example, and other languages.

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Re:E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be' by frenchy on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:53PM (#10691145)
One could say "I call myself Stephen", but does make it sound like there's something a little weird going on upstairs.
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Re:E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be' by mohanmcgeek on Monday December 07, 2015 @01:27PM (#10691418)
Well, it would sound as if you are literally translating another language. And people may find you weird.
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