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What’s the real reason why most people in the USA only speak/knows English and not another language?
Language is a means to communicate and should be learned and used as such from the start.
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Most people in the US speak English already, and residents that do not already speak it wish to learn it. In the latest US Census, English remains the most common language spoken at home in the United States, with 78% of census respondents speaking only English (Dietrich & Hernandez, 2022). In addition, many studies have revealed that not only ... See more
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For the inhabitants of the United States, the anglicization of the world is, just as Churchill predicted, a “grand convenience.” It allows them to do business in any part of the world. It also helps their ideas and ambitions to resound. Films, books, shows, music, and advertisements flow easily out of the United States, so that even the remotest fo
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