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That means that on an average three words out of four in nearly every sentence and in every
language would be found in the 750 words of the eclectic vocabulary representing the first 750 words of list No. 5.
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If instead of these 750 English words, an eclectic vocabulary was formed from all the prominent languages, the fittest word having the same meaning being chosen for each of these 750 English words, and if this eclectic vocabulary was grafted upon all the prominent languages of the world to the exclusion of all other words having the same meanings, the world would have to that extent a universal vocabulary, and these 750 words with their repetitions would constitute not much if any less than three-fourths of all the words commonly used.
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The first 750 words in list No. 5, with their repetitions, constitute more than three-fourths of all the words on the eight pages from which they have been drawn, and probably a large part of these words would be found in nearly the same proportion in any English conversation or printed matter.
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Basic Global English (BGE)
Joachim Grzega
http://www.joachim-grzega.de/BGE.pdf
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Joachim Grzega Basic Global English : BGE 750
