What do boys say in English?

Bilingual example

I like this boy better than her.

What should the boy do? What should the boy do?

I'm not the boy you think, I know what a person should do. I'm not the boy you want, then I know what I should do.

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English has developed 1400 years. The earliest form of English is a group of west Germanic Ingvaeonic dialects brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon immigrants in the 5th century A.D., collectively known as Old English. Middle English began at the end of 1 1, and Norman conquered England. 1476, william caxton introduced the printing press to Britain and began to publish the first printed book in London, which expanded the influence of English.

Since17th century, modern English has spread all over the world under the extensive influence of Britain and America. Through various print and electronic media in these countries, English has become one of the dominant languages in the world, and languages also occupy a dominant position in many regions and professional environments, such as science, navigation and law.

From the distribution area, English is the most popular language, but the number of native speakers of English is the third in the world, next only to Chinese and Spanish. It is the most widely studied second language, and it is the official language or one of the official languages of nearly 60 sovereign countries. Compared with native English speakers, more people learn English as a second language.

It is the mother tongue of Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries, and is widely used in the Caribbean, Africa and South Asia. It is one of the official languages of the United Nations, the European Union and many other world and regional international organizations.

range

By the late18th century, Britain had spread English through its colonial and geopolitical advantages. Business, technology, art and formal education all made English the first truly global language. English has also promoted international communication all over the world. England continued to form new colonies, and later these colonies developed their own language and writing norms.

English is spoken in parts of North America, parts of Africa, Oceania and many other areas. When they gained political independence, some newly independent countries with many indigenous languages chose to continue to use English as the official language.

vocabulary size

English vocabulary is huge (about 990 thousand words), but to estimate the specific figures, we must first judge which words can be counted as it. However, unlike other languages, there is no authoritative academic institution to define what is a formal vocabulary.

New words in the fields of medicine, science and technology are constantly emerging, some of which have entered the daily language of the public, and some are only used in a small range of people. Foreign language words brought by immigrant groups tend to blend into the English-speaking society. It is impossible to judge whether some ancient words and dialect words can be counted as English.