| PREFIX | ||
| CONTENTS | ||
| PART ONE : ABOUT BASIC ENGLISH | ||
| I . INTRODUCTION : Questions and Answers | ||
| 1 . What is Basic English? | ||
| 2 . What is its Purpose? | ||
| 3 . Why 850 Words? | ||
| 4 . Why English Words | ||
| 5 . What about Grammar? | ||
| 6 . How can you make Verbs simple ? | 5 | |
| 7 . How does Basic deal with Technical matters? | ||
| 8 . How will Spoken Basic be Standardized? | 8 | |
| 9 . How will the English-speaking peoples learn Basic? | 8 | |
| 10 . What is Basic English like? | ||
| 11 . What about Esperanto? | ||
| 12 . Why not Latin? | ||
| 13 . Can Basic be Learned by Children? | ||
| 14 . How does Basic deal with the problem of Idiom? | ||
| 15 . What is the Basic policy as regards Spelling reform? | ||
| 16 . What is the History of Basic English? | ||