i88 evolution: the ages and tomorrow 



search for it began about 1924 and is the work of a large 

 group of expert linguists, scientists, educators, and career 

 diplomats. It is said to be very practical and extraordinarily- 

 easy to learn. Troublesome grammar has been eliminated; 

 for instance there is only one verb form in each tense, and 

 nouns, adjectives, and verbs do not have to agree as they do 

 in some complex languages. To an American it looks some- 

 thing like the romance languages, Spanish or French or Ital- 

 ian, but the gist of it can be partly understood by a begin- 

 ner, even one who has had no previous foreign language 

 experience. It is already in use in a few international busi- 

 ness offices and is receiving such encouragement that there 

 is a real hope it will "catch on" sufficiently to be widely 

 adopted. 



