Not exactly the same thing, but this reminds me of a style of speaking/writing that avoids using "to be" verbs. I don't remember the name and can't seem to find it on Wikipedia right now, but it's similar to what this article describes [1]. The crux of it is, you avoid framing things as more absolute and permanent than they really are. For example, you are not inherently bad at math, you are just bad at it in your current state you don't quickly solve problems people regard as "math". Or you are not inherently a bad person, you just did some specific things that hurt people.[1]: https://blog.penningtonpublishing.com/grammar_mechanics/how-...
zck|5 years ago
This is E Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime
rogerclark|5 years ago