BASIC ENGLISH vs. VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH
Preliminary

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Voice of America Special English and Ogden's Basic English are similar languages. I had hoped to find even greater commonality. Granted this is preliminary, but comparing the "A, B, + Cs" only, Special English has fewer words, 310 vs. 353; we find about a 47% overlap of SpE with BE and with another 7% of variations on the same word - with VOA adding the verb form which Basic avoids: agree vs. agreement. About 43% of Basic words are included in the Special English word list.

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Last updated October 20, 2001
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