Because phrasal verbs make the language more natural and expressive. Example: “give up” means “stop,” but it sounds more common in everyday speech.

Because English does not use many endings on words. The meaning depends on word order. Example: “The dog bites the man” is not the same as “The man bites the do

Because English verbs do not have many endings. For example, in the present tense, most verbs only change with “-s” for he, she, it.

Because many languages do not have articles. In English, articles give important meaning, like general or specific. Example: “I saw a cat” (any cat) vs. “I saw

Because English has borrowed and created words for centuries, and today it has more than one million words.

Because English words come from many languages, and pronunciation changed over time, but spelling stayed the same. Example: “knight” is written with “k” but pro

Because they come from Old English, and their forms changed naturally over centuries. Example: go – went – gone.

Because we can use one word in many ways. Example: “book” can be a noun (a book) or a verb (to book a hotel).

Because idioms do not mean exactly what the words say. Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs” means “It’s raining heavily,” not animals falling from the sky.

* Because English borrowed words from many languages, like Latin, French, and German. That is why English has synonyms, for example: “ask” (Germanic) and “inqui