FACTS OF ENGLISH English is a West Germanic Language. It spread with the growth of the British Empire‚ becoming the dominant language in Canada‚ the United States‚ New Zealand and Australia. The growing global influence of the US has further increased the spread of English. Today English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world‚ with many people learning it as a second or foreign language‚ like me and you. It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers
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English: English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in England and is now the most widely used language in the world.[4] It is spoken as a first language by a majority of the inhabitants of several nations‚ including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations. It is the third most common native language in the world‚ after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.[5] It is widely learned as a second language and is an official
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LEXICOGRAPHY AND THE DESCRIPTION OF PHILIPPINE ENGLISH VOCABULARY Historical sources show that Filipino words began to be borrowed into the English of the American colonizers at a very early stage in the colonial period. Today‚ the English used in the Philippines has a distinctive localized vocabulary which finds expression in a range of settings‚ including government‚ education‚ and the media as well as the personal domain. Describing the vocabulary of new Englishes(Lado) In the academic
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Moldova State University Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature Specialty: Anglophone studies The French loans in English cuisine Gheorghiu Natalia Master degree course Group 111 MP Chișinău 2013 Table of content Introduction.................................................................................................................................3 Methodology and Data used in the Study.................................................................................
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Differences between Mandarin and English Mandarin‚ known by many for being one of the most difficult languages in the world‚ is my mother language. Born in China eighteen years ago‚ I was raised in a Mandarin-speaking environment. Both of my parents have been speaking to me in Mandarin ever since I was a child. Mandarin is the language I usually spoke when I was in China and even in here I speak Mandarin with my Chinese friends. Studying the first language is a slow and natural process which is
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Introduction 3 1 Historical review of British and American English 5 1.1 History of English language 5 1.2 History of American English 9 1.3 American and British have changed and go on changing 11 2 Differences between modern British and modern American English 14 2.1 Lexical difference between American and British English 14 2.2 Grammatical difference between American and British English 18 2.3 Spelling differences between American and British English 24 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 29 Introduction All
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English is known as the international language in the world that make a strong communication between the people of the world‚ which many developing countries attempt to use this language while their native tongue is not English. Speaking English may have some positive and negative effects on those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities‚ some other countries used English as the Medium of
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Identity Essay The concept of identity is influenced by people‚ places and events. In psychology and sociology‚ identity is a person’s conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations (such as national identity and cultural identity). The concept is given a great deal of attention in social psychology and is important in place identity. Some people’s identity could be formed by what they see from people‚ places and events although some peoples may be from one of them some
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Question 2 Report of Sun flower shop Sun flower shop is a small flower shop at Petaling Street. The shop has got 500 square feet big only. I have got sell many flower such as sun flowers‚ orchid‚ rose‚ lily‚ daisy and etc. Then‚ our shop also has delivery service for customer too. Almost our flower is from Cameron highland but some is imported from oversea. I was started this business since last year December. The beginning of the business is not very good. It is very hard to preserve the
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Crazy What is crazy? Well according to the dictionary it is “when someone is impractical‚ demented‚ insane‚ or totally unsound” but to me it is something different; to me it is well really it is my mother. Not just the things she does but also the look on her face when she does it. The other day‚ my mom asked me to go to the store with her‚ I agreed of course because I did not want her going off on me like she does usually. So we got in the car‚ then she said she left the keys in the house‚ I went
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