BASIC ENGLISH
AND GRAMMATICAL REFORM

by C. K. OGDEN
Director of the Orthological Institute

Supplement to The Basic News, July, 1937
THE ORTHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
10 KING'S PARADE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

CONTENTS

PAGE INTRODUCTORY
1
THE TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH
4
DIRECTIONAL THINKING
5
PROBLEMS OF STANDARDIZATION
7
SPELLING REFORM
8
ORTHOLOGICAL SYNTAX
10
WORD-MAGIC, LOGIC, AND GRAMMAR
12
BASIC IN EDUCATION
18
TRANSLATION AND REDUCTION
20
AN EXAMPLE OF VERB-ELIMINATION
24
SUMMARY
25