You've accidentally rediscovered English Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime I think it's a fascinating idea - I

You've accidentally rediscovered English Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime I think it's a fascinating idea - I sometimes phrase it this way: any sentence that contains "is" is at least partially a lie.