OGDEN's BASIC ENGLISH
Compound Words - Alphabetic Sequence

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Just as a sentence or expression is composed of a string of basic words, a new compound word can be created from basic words that can be used in the appropriate situations. A Basic English compound word must to derived from obvious roots. Thus blackberry, but not blackmail ; blackboard, but not blacksmith




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Updated November 3, 2001 to add : anyhow, anyone, anything, anywhere, blackbird, gasworks, however, input, overhead, overhearing, overland, policeman, postman, postmark, postmaster, postoffice, well-being, wherever.
Created on September 6, 2001
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