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There are already a number of English-based conlangs, creoles, and pidgins that are effectively what you described.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-based_creole_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-based_pidgins

This one especially: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin

Tok Pisin and other English-based creoles are not simplified English though – they’re languages in their own right where English has served as a major influence. I don’t think that many English speakers would view Tok Pisin inflecting verbs for transivity, having inclusive/exclusive and dual/trial pronouns and making extensive use of reduplication as being simpler.

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