To LIKEN so spare a frame as Basic English to Falstaff may seem odd. But they have points in common. “Men of all sorts,” he says’, “take a pride to gird at me. ... I am not only witty in myself, but ...

MR. CHURCHILL announced in the House of Commons on March 9 that the Committee of Ministers on Basic English has submitted a report which has been approved in principle by the Government. So far as ...