"What if the word 'is' didn't exist?" Try E-Prime: English without the verb "to be". See also Working with E-Prime, including Why. Interesting. A way of forcing you away from words that already describe what you're talking about and towards a suite of words that describe aspects, a net of pointers, each one cutting to the heart of the haecceity [thanks Jo Walsh, tangentially].
"What if the word 'is' didn't exist?" Try E-Prime: English without the verb "to be". See also Working with E-Prime, including Why. Interesting. A way of forcing you away from words that already describe what you're talking about and towards a suite of words that describe aspects, a net of pointers, each one cutting to the heart of the haecceity [thanks Jo Walsh, tangentially].