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An example of this would be somebody saying "The apple is red." The speaker actually means that the apple appears red to him, but it may not to another observer. In other words, there is the automatic assumption that everybody perceives the same quality of redness. By saying "The apple appears red to me," the statement is no longer absolute and can allow for another observer to have a different opinion, with neither being incorrect.<ref>[http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm Toward understanding E-Prime]</ref><ref>[http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/GeneralSemantics/KensEPrime.htm E-Prime Explained]</ref>
An example of this would be somebody saying "The apple is red." The speaker actually means that the apple appears red to him, but it may not to another observer. In other words, there is the automatic assumption that everybody perceives the same quality of redness. By saying "The apple appears red to me," the statement is no longer absolute and can allow for another observer to have a different opinion, with neither being incorrect.<ref>[http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm Toward understanding E-Prime]</ref><ref>[http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/GeneralSemantics/KensEPrime.htm E-Prime Explained]</ref>
==Also see==
==See also==
*[[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]]
*[[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]]