... economic and political importance in the world. The march towards a single language could easily be thrown off track if another powerful nation such as China suddenly received global power, since Chinese is the most commonly spoken language it would be easier to adopt by other countries. The disadvantage of this would be that most people would have to learn it; English is recognized by many nations, it is often taught in school, and used when two people with different native languages communicate. A march towards a single language maybe very useful on a global scale. It would ease communication between different people. The media would be able to display information directed to the whole world instead of only English speakers, or only French speakers. This would create a variety of information. For example news broadcasters would not publish media in different languages but since everything is in ...

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