if you will say it so, say it: it is right BASIC English!nooby wrote:"There is but one God, Allah."
850 English words are a very important amount of words in other tongues because other tongues make use of different words for only one English word dependent of the use! and all words being formed of words from BASIC English are also BASIC words (get back in memory the example «online» from «on» and «line»). you can not say the same only using 850 German or French or Spanish words! the University of Harvard got printed books using the same way for French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, and Hebrew, and Charles Duff for French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Russian («The Basis and Essentials of ... », Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd) but 1000 words are not enough (about 3500 words in Spanish!). it is only possible on English.
I see it as almost certain that you are not interesting to use this way for discussions and it is good so!