Global standard English is the English that a mixed international group of non-native but competent English speakers defaults to in an important meeting. I.e.

Global standard English is the English that a mixed international group of non-native but competent English speakers defaults to in an important meeting. I.e. a simpler subset of grammar: only 3 basic tenses, minimal and explicit use of conditionals to differentiate hypotheticals from reality/expectations, avoiding idiomatic or slang expressions, preferring regular and frequent conjugations over irregular / infrequent ones, preferring simple verbs over phrasal verbs, minimal reliance on definite/indefinite Articles as modifiers/counters, etc It’s still a subject-verb-object language that includes the Be-copula though.