Modern English

Modern English has less inflectings then other European languages.For example English word "the" has only one form whereas in other European languages has a lot of forms.This simplicity of form is a strength of English.Another trend is towards flexibility of function of individual words.It means that one word can be use as many different parts of speech.In addition there is assimilation of words from other languages and creation of new words.English is the official language in 44 countries.Geografically, it is most widespread language on Earth and the second in number of people who speak it(after China).English has become a world language because of establishment as a mother tongue outside England(for example North America).People who speak Englis can be divided into three groups:those who have learned it as their native language, those who have learned it as their second language in bilingual society and those who need English for work.Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language and the same number use it as their second language.75% of the world´s mail is in English, 60% of the world´s radio stations broadcast in English, 60% of the world´s telephone calls are in English and more then half of the world´s periodicals are in English.