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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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