Surely the spread of Hollywood movies throughout the world is an example of .....................

For instance, Esperanto offers people an international language with no cultural strings attached but it simply doesn’t have .................... as a language of business, education and science.

I’m afraid you’re wrong because countries should not be forced to sacrifice their .................... for economic reasons.

Actually, web statistics suggest that while .................... is on the decrease, Chinese content is on the increase and will soon dominate

That’s not necessarily true because I’ve got friends who speak English so well that people mistake them for .....................

Clearly, the widespread use of English in India to negotiate national and international business deals has contributed to the country’s .....................

A classic example is tiny Singapore, where English is an official language but where you can still explore a .................... of Asian cultures.

That might be so but Chinese cannot compete with English as a language of .................... because it’s simply too difficult to learn

Come off it! English is only the .................... of 56 countries thanks to Britain’s history of aggressive colonialism.

Yes, but remember that just because people speak the English language doesn’t mean they have to adopt .....................