... international business, international communications and academic conferences. This is because it is already considered a widely spread language, which most people are studying. English is the preference for the scientific, technologic, diplomatic and medical world but we can also find this language used for sports and advertising. All the best-known pop groups and singers use English, and the international hall of fame for non-English singers starts with a song in English. More books are written in English than any other language, and more than three quarters of the world's mail is in English. It is used as either the official or semi-official language in more than 80 countries. Also the EU uses English as the common language, although there is only one English speaking country in the whole EU. English has developed around many different languages and is a language that continually develops and changes. Words can be traced back to ...

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