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English originates from North West Germany and the Netherlands.
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339 million people speak English as a second language.
False
It is the official language in 67 countries and 27 non-sovereign countries such as Hong Kong.
True
The first English dictionary took eight years to be compiled.
True
The most used adjective in English is 'good'.
True
All air traffic controllers at international airports needn't be able to communicate with the pilots in English.
False
The longest word in the English language contains 45 letters.
True
William Shakespeare didn't have a great influence on the English language.
False
Some English words are formed by combining two words together. For instance, ‘Hangry’ = Hungry + angry.
True
Go!” is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in English.
True
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
True
About 4,000 words are added to the dictionary each month.
False
1/4 of the world’s population speaks at least some English.
True
Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.
True
Over 90% of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English.
False
Words that are used to fill in time when speaking, such as “like” or “basically”, are called crutch words (and should best be avoided!)
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