Millions of people every year move to English-speaking countries such as Australia,
Britain or America, in order to study at school, college or university.
Why do so many people want to study in English?
Why is English such an important international language?
English is an international language and this is the ground why young people prefer to transfer to English-speaking nations such as Australia, United States and Great Britain. In this essay, I will provide few reasons why people are eager to learn this language.
In my homeland The Philippines, we watch Sesame Street everyday and this is where we learn English even before attending to proper school. From grade school up to college, it is always included in course curriculum and encourage to speak as often as possible. Here are the few examples why people are trying to learn this language. Fi...
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Most countries that are open for tourists makes signage that
Most countries that are open for tourists make signage that
Sentence: Secondly, people travel more this days.
Description: A determiner/pronoun, singular is not usually followed by a noun, plural, common
Suggestion: Refer to this and days
as society are embracing English language
as societies are embracing English language
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