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Basic English

Basic English is a selected vocabulary of 850 English words and a set of rules for their use. Charles Kay Ogden, an English linguist and psychologist, developed Basic English between 1925 and 1932. Supporters of Basic English hoped that it would serve as a simple, quick method of learning English. Many books were translated into Basic English. However, by the mid-1900's, Basic English had generally been abandoned.

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