First recorded in 1925–30
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Richards is convinced that English is becoming the world's language; the only issue is whether it will be Basic English or broken English.
From Time Magazine Archive
New Bible translations seem to be born every year: there are Bibles in Basic English, in meter, in I-see-the-cat prose for kindergartens, in Reader's Digest-like condensations.
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By cutting and simplifying Plato's far-from-Basic Greek, the Dialogues have been brought over into something very like Basic English.
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No pidgin English, Basic can be used to express ideas, as Ogden proves by writing its 100-page system in Basic English.
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You say the letter accompanying the first deposit, the one in Basic English, was apparently taken away by Kettle-Belly Sam Bonney.
From Lone Star Planet by Piper, H. Beam
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