Abstract
LAST September, when Mr. Winston Churchill received an honorary degree from the oldest of American universities, he spoke of the common task awaiting our two peoples in the service of mankind. Himself the son of an English father and an American mother, and a supreme master of our common tongue, he did not see why we should not try to spread the use of our language even more widely over the globe. He went on:
(1) Basic English and Its Uses
By I. A. Richards. Pp. 127. (London: Kegan Paul and Co. Ltd., 1943.) 3s. 6d. net.
(2) Basic for Science
By C. K. Ogden. (Psyche Miniatures, General Series No. 95.) Pp. ix + 314. (London: Kegan Paul and Co. Ltd., 1942.) 3s. 6d. net.
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GARNETT, M. (1) Basic English and Its Uses (2) Basic for Science. Nature 153, 205–206 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153205a0
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