English languaje

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English language is almost 15,061 years old. The political, social, and cultural forces influence a language because these forces shape a language in the number of speakers.
English has manycenturies of development. There are many events that happened to develop what is now called English language:
1. England was Christianized
2. The Scandinavian invasion
3. The Norman Conquest
4. TheRenaissance
5. The grow in commerce
When language does not change it is considered as a dead language. A language in the process of change, many words changes its meaning and pronunciation.
Languagesbecome important because of events that shape the balance of power among nations that is to say the language of the powerful nation will acquire importance
English is used for internationalcommunication especially in business. English is spoken by more than 370 million people as first language. For instance, in the United Kingdom, United States, and the former British Empire; Although Englishis not the most widely used in the world as China is. English is actually the most important language in the world. There are some factors that make a language important in the world, For example, theeconomical, the political, and the historical.
Moreover English is used as second language, for example, in schools, the courts, and business, in some countries. On the other hand, some that usesit as lingua franca.
English is easier to learn than other languages because in the course of time. It has lost some inflections. English has only five inflections. Another aspect that makes Englisheasier is because English shares with some languages similar grammatical structure and many common words, a great many through French, and some through the Romance Language. English is classified as aGermanic Language as German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, And Norwegian belong.
Another advantage is because English has adopted natural gender. Gender in English is determined by the meaning. All nouns...
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