> Richards made another system,
a step up from Basic. That is Every Man's English.
> Every Man's English makes use of looser language rules and additions to the 850 words.

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2006.11.13 Monday
Every Man's English
By: Ryotasan
I. A. Richards and Christine Gibson,
while working on Basic English at
Harvard University,
became conscious that
it was not enough for
learners of English language
living in the United States.

He, or she, comes across a
word which is outside of the
850 words listed by Ogden,
every minute.

So Richards made another system,
a step up from Basic.
That is Every Man's English.

Every Man's English
makes use of
looser language rules and
additions to the 850 words.

The list goes like this:

Verbs (names of acts used for operations):
ask, borrow, bring, buy, carry, die, eat, find, forget, grow, hit, hold, lend, lie, like, lose, remember, sell, sit, show, stand, stay, tell, thank, use, want, wear, and can, must and should.

Other words for operations:
behind, above, below, toward, always, both, either, neither, few, just, many, next, often, soon, too, yet.

Words for qualitis:
cool, easy, fresh, heavy, hot, hungry, large, pretty, thirsty.

Names of general things:
age, bottom, ceiling, child, city, corner, ground, home, husband, life, people, piece, shore, tear, wife, world.

Names of things which may be pictured:
chair, cheek, desk, elbow, eyebrow, eyelash, shoulder, and so on.

In addition to them,
the writer may make use of the
"verb" forms of Basic words like
"discuss[ion], knowledge, and thought."
So you may say, in Every Man's English:
"Let's discuss," "I know," and "I think."

Richards said, however,
that the addition might NOT be used freely.
Those words would be used
ONLY when it was necessary.
If you make less use of complex words,
More readers will have a chance to
go through your writings.

For more details,
see their book
Techniques in Language Control, 1974.

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2006.11.13 Monday
Every Man's English
By: Ryotasan
I. A. Richards and Christine Gibson,
while working on Basic English at
Harvard University,
became conscious that
it was not enough for
learners of English language
living in the United States.

He, or she, comes across a
word which is outside of the
850 words listed by Ogden,
every minute.

So Richards made another system,
a step up from Basic.
That is Every Man's English.

Every Man's English
makes use of
looser language rules and
additions to the 850 words.

The list goes like this:

Verbs (names of acts used for operations):
ask, borrow, bring, buy, carry, die, eat, find, forget, grow, hit, hold, lend, lie, like, lose, remember, sell, sit, show, stand, stay, tell, thank, use, want, wear, and can, must and should.

Other words for operations:
behind, above, below, toward, always, both, either, neither, few, just, many, next, often, soon, too, yet.

Words for qualitis:
cool, easy, fresh, heavy, hot, hungry, large, pretty, thirsty.

Names of general things:
age, bottom, ceiling, child, city, corner, ground, home, husband, life, people, piece, shore, tear, wife, world.

Names of things which may be pictured:
chair, cheek, desk, elbow, eyebrow, eyelash, shoulder, and so on.

In addition to them,
the writer may make use of the
"verb" forms of Basic words like
"discuss[ion], knowledge, and thought."
So you may say, in Every Man's English:
"Let's discuss," "I know," and "I think."

Richards said, however,
that the addition might NOT be used freely.
Those words would be used
ONLY when it was necessary.
If you make less use of complex words,
More readers will have a chance to
go through your writings.

For more details,
see their book
Techniques in Language Control, 1974.

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