Reference
The full rules
World English is defined by a set of specifications, each taking one class of English irregularity and replacing it with a regular, predictable rule. Every rule follows the same shape: the rule, the problem it solves, examples, and the trade-off it accepts.
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Orthography
Light, legibility-preserving spelling changes.
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Pronunciation
A respelling key so spelling predicts sound.
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Morphology
Regular verbs, plurals, comparatives, adverbs.
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Grammar
Tense, articles, prepositions, pronouns, questions.
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Style
Plain, unambiguous phrasing at sentence level.
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Writing
Document-level conventions and cohesion.
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Vocabulary
The core lexicon four rules look words up in.
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Samples
Real passages translated and annotated rule-by-rule.
Status. These specifications are provisional — a first design pass. Every divergence from standard English is recorded with its rationale, and the rules keep changing as they are worked out. Samples is the regression test that keeps them consistent.