English Is The World

by Dialla Dabbah

Artwork Dialla Dabbah

Contents

English In General

English and life

The world’s language

Grammar

Literature

Pics

End

English In General

  English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the global lingua franca. Named after the Angles,

one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to England, it ultimately derives its name from the Anglia (Angeln) peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It is most

closely related to the Frisian languages, although its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages in the early medieval

period, and later by Romance languages, particularly French. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60

sovereign states. It is the most commonly spoken language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand,

and is widely spoken in some areas of the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia. It is the third most common native language in the world, after

Mandarin and Spanish. It is the most widely learned second language and an official language of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of

many other world and regional international organizations.

English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects Anglo Frisian

dialects  brought to Great Britain by Angelo Saxon Settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century

with the Norman conquest of England, and was a period in which the language was influenced by French. Early Modern English began in the late

15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible, and the start of the Great Vowel Shift. Through the

worldwide influence of the British Empire, modern English spread around the world from the 17th to mid-20th centuries. Through all types of printed

and electronic media, as well as the emergence of the United States as a global superpower, English has become the leading language of

international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and in professional contexts such as science, navigation, and law .

Modern English has little inflection compared with many other languages, and relies more on auxiliary verbs and word order for the expression of

complex tenses, aspect and mood, as well as passive constructions, interrogatives and some negation. Despite noticeable variation among the

accents and dialects of English used in different countries and regions – in terms of phonetics and phonology, and sometimes also vocabulary,

grammar and spelling – English-speakers from around the world are able to communicate with one another with one another effectively .

The World’s Language

Five hundred years ago, between five and seven million people spoke English, almost all of them living in the British Isles. Now, anywhere up to 1.8

billion people around the world speak English.

How did this happen?

The growth of English has nothing to do with the structure of the language, or any inherent qualities, and everything to do with politics.

By far the most widely spoken and fastest spreading world languages today is English, which has over 900 million first- and second-language users

worldwide. It is estimated to have as many as 600 million second-language speakers, including anywhere between 200 and 350 million

learners/users in China alone, at varying levels of study and proficiency, though this number is difficult to accurately assess. English is also

increasingly becoming the dominant language of scientific research and papers worldwide, having even outpaced national languages in Western

European countries, including France, where a recent study showed that English has massively displaced French as the language of scientific

research in “hard” as well as in applied sciences .

Grammar

Grammar Just say the word and shivers of aversion travel down the spines of all within hearing distance. Nouns and verbs? Adjectives and adverbs?

Is it really necessary to be aware of all these things in order to write a paragraph? Will the reader not be able to work around the tiniest little typo?

No. Or, rather, they shouldn’t have to. The reader’s job is to absorb the information: it’s the writer’s job to do the rest of the work.

Prepositions – Time

Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)

Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech.

Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. The structure is a little different depending on whether you

want to transform a statement, question or request.

Statements

When transforming statements, check whether you have to change:

• pronouns

• present tense verbs (3rd person singular)

• place and time expressions

• tenses (backshift)

Literature 

Literature, in its broadest sense, is any single body of written works. More restrictively, it is writing considered as an art form, or any single

writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage. Its Latin root

literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera: letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts, though contemporary definitions

extend the term to include texts that are spoken or sung (oral literature). Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non-

fiction and whether it is poetry or prose; it can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel, short story or drama; and

works are often categorized according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations (genre).

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