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The English Language
Over the previous two centuries English, as it began gradually shaped itself into English as we know it. This subtle, however highly notable distortion of the English language can be owed to several different reasons including the spread of the English Empire which spread English internationally allowing countries to adopt the language and alter it to their liking as well as the influence of media, television and movies.
The English Empire, which had control of many nations all over the world including India, Australia, West Indies, New Zealand and parts of Africa. The control over these nations meant England could impose their own language onto these countries, and they did so. The problem was that in places like India and Jamaica English was not spoken by those living the countries like it was spoken by their invaders. Each country altered the pronunciation, as well as added words to...
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