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 NOTE
This book is designed for use in connec-
tiorr with Basic Engl,ish, The ABC of Basic
Iinglish, Basic Step by Step, Basic by
Iirampl,es, and The Basic Dictian&ry. A
Britistr list of books on Basic is printed at the
errrl, so that the reader may make a
American
nelcction of those which will be of use
Scientific to him for his special purposes.
'I lre purpose of The Basic Words is to
International
givc an idea of the.way in which the'850
Commercial words may be used. In The Basic
Dictionery suggestions are offered for put-
ting the 7,500 commonest words of normal
lirrglish into Basic ; and there, the '850
thcmselves are in their places with no de-
Fi,rst Prid'dng, tg3z
Secand, Prdnting, rgg3 tnils. Here, on the otherhand, only the850
Third, Printing, 19g6 llasic forms are given-together with such
Foartk Pri'nting, rg38
Fi,fth Printing, 1939 irrtcrnational words and names as are given
Si rth, P r'i,ntin g, r 94o
Snenth Print'i'ng, r 943
in lJasic Englis& and the ABC. In addition,
i
ir, sclection of complex words (formed by
lrutting Basic words together), forms of
I
)
comparison which are not regular, and
words based on sound-effects, are listed an
their senses are given where necessary.
Printeil in Great Brdtoin by
R. I. SEVERS, LTD., CAMBRIDGE
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 It is, firrther, made clear which words
may take un- at the front or -er, -'ing, -ad
at the end ; but the special forms for
more than one, and the rule for the
addition of -Iy to the names of qualities,
which are given in The ABC, pp. l0 and
40, are not pointed out again in this book.
The -ar, -ing, and -ed endrngs sometimes
go only, or chiefly, with the root sense,
sometimes with an expansion er special
sense. Such details are not gone into fully
here, though the examples make most of
the uses clear. In the same way, the
examples themselves are the only guide
to expansions which are dependent upon
a change in the sort of word (*.9. to
haae a cold ot a. cwrQlex)
\
HOW TO MAKE USE OF THE LIST
l. The nearest French and German word,s
are given for the root sense, special
sense (marked by (s)), and expansions
(marked by (e)) of every Basic word.
Where the French or German words are
the sarne for all the given expansions
and/or special senses as for the root,
they are not printed again. Naturally
vi
not every special use is covered by the
French or German words, because these
Ianguages frequently have ways of
saying the same thing without making
use ofl the word in question.
e,
2o A key to the special senses and expan-
sions is given by other Basic words;
and the' strange effect is frequently
a sign of the important part played in
the language by the words whose sense
is made clear in this uray.
The sign : is put between the different
expansions.
il. The same short forms for naming the
different sorts of words (s., edj., pr€p.,
v., and so on) are used as in The Basic
Diction&ry. The' one printed first is
that under which the word is listed
for Basic purposes. The French and
German for the different sorts of words
which a word may take the Place of is
given only when, in those languages,
the connection with the root is not clear.
4. For making clear the sounds of the
words as they are said on the records
by Mr. Lloyd James, the ' Phonetic'
system of An English Pranouncing
vll
 Dictionary, by Professor Daniel Jones, are put between t ]. ( ) are used
has been used.l two possible parallels,
where there are
one with and one without the part
"5. The first examples are representative of
between ( ).
normal uses ; special attention being
given to ways of getting round 'verb-' In its
preQgnt form, the work urill be of
forms. Full stops are put betweea value chiefly to teachers with some know-
root-use examples and special senses or ledge of normal English. But, together
expansions. The same division is with the ABC, it gives all the material
rnade between the different sorts of necessary for putting the system into
expansion. Examples of a word used other languages. This has now been done in
as another sort bf word come last. lirench, Spanish, Gerrnan, Italian, I)utch,
6. * is'put before the 250 special uses listed Czech, I)anish, Chinese, Japanese, and a
l
in the ABC. Those inside ( ) are number of other languages ; so that there
more important in connection with is little trouble in making the right
another word. Those which are num- sclection of examples, with the help of
bered are taken from the 130 grouped I)asic by Eramples.'
in the ABC, in lists of 5 and 10, under C. K. OGDEN.
, names of acts and directions.
* is used, in addition, for marking the
50 least important international words. '1"
I nstitute,
he Orthological,
7, 'r* is put before special uses which I0, Kin{s Parade,
, are listed among the second 250 (not fm Cambridgt, England.
learners).
8. In the French and German parallels,
words or parts of words which are
given only to make the sense clearer
l With certain changes which will probably be
made in later printings of the book. There are
four records playing for 22 minutes, price 1O/-
post free, from The Orthological Institute.
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