If one were to take the 25,000 word Oxford Pocket English
Dictionary and take away the redundancies of our rich
language and eliminate the words that can be made by putting
together simpler words, we find that 90% of the
concepts in that dictionary can be achieved with 850 words.
The shortened list makes simpler the effort to learn
spelling and pronunciation irregularities. The rules
of usage are identical to full English so that the
practitioner communicates in perfectly good, but simple, English.
We call this simplified language Basic English, the developer
is Charles K. Ogden, and was released in 1930 with the book:
Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar.
He founded the Orthological Institute to develop the tools
for teaching Basic English. His most famous associate, I.A. Richards,
led the effort in the Orient, which uses the techniques
to this day.
Table of Contents
Ramblings
- Selected E-mails - outdated,
- Glossary - draft
- Topics -- menu to some key topics.
- Found on the Web - summary of links.
- Pictures : Ogden and Richards . Links : CKO , IAR
- Biography : C. K. Ogden: a bio-bibliographic study by W. Terrence Gordon.
Who history
- Basic English and Grammatical Reform or
here.
- It Can Be Done!
- Humor
- Critique of the Critics
- Needs / Projects for the 21st Century
- Basic English Institute With the creation of the Basic English Institute, for the expansion into the 21st Century,
the pages concerning the gowth of Basic English have been moved there and expanded.
- Basic and Religion
Thoughts on Religion Wordlist
- Thoughts on Business Wordlists
- About this Website
FAQ
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