English facts for the New Year January 7, 2014

English is a great language to learn. And learning English is a great way to start off the new year. Start off 2014 by coming to PC TECH. There are many reasons to learn English and English is a fun language to learn. It is both a fascinating and interesting language. Here, we’ve laid out a few facts about the English language.

The most common letter in English is “e”.

More English words begin with the letter “s” than with any other letter?

80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English.

In Sweden, 89% of people speak English.

English is a  West Germanic Language.

In the United States, speaking English immediately opens up opportunities regardless of your ethnicity, color, or background.

Diplomats and  politicians from different countries use English to communicate with each other. English is the main language of organizations like the United Nations, NATO, and the European Free Trade Association.

About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. Another 1,000,000,000 are learning it.

Simple alphabet — no special symbols such as é or ä. Type in sweet, part, film on your computer. Now try süß (German), część (Polish), фильм (Russian). Which is easier?

”Go.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

See, learning about English is fun, interesting, and fascinating.

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