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    The English language has transformed dramatically with influence of history, cultural changes, and economic social classes. For instance, the term “bae” is now used often in today’s youth and pop culture. This term is often used as endearment. “Bae” should be removed from the English language because it makes no sense and extremely annoying. After many Google searches and looking the Oxford English dictionary, “bae” does not exist. However, the word “bae” in the Danish language means feces. This

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    States is thinking into passing a law that makes English as the official language. The United States should not make the English as the main language as it will affect people coming over that just want to work and look for opportunities. With this law, all the people migrating to the United States will have to pay for tutoring to understand and comprehend the English language. A reason why the United States should not focus on making the English language official is because over 20 percent of

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    Ashley English should not be the official language in the world. Many people come from states or countries all over the world .They don’t know how to speak English. Most people think that everyone is gonna already know English . Most Hispanic only know the basics of English just like Americans know the basics of Spanish;enough to get through a normal conversation together at the store or something . Hispanics that come from Mexico come to the United States to learn more English and make better money

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    Using dialect in society is natural and people can often not control how they sound. When that same person writes however they are expected to drop their dialect and only use proper english. Vershawn Ashanti Young discusses this topic in his article “Should Writer’s Use They Own English?”. Young has several good points including that their accent comes through their writing and that “code meshing” can be effective in a person's’ writing. On the contrary, I agree more with the fact that we need

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    Should English be the United States official language? Word count: Task 2 From the time pilgrims landed in this remarkable nation at Plymouth Rock, immigrants have been culturally diverse and have spoken various languages throughout history. When pilgrims arrived in the New World, the people did not know how to communicate with the natives through intense study the natives soon learned the Pilgrim’s language, which was English. Currently the United States is conducted of different

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    languages. Nearly eighty percent of America speaks English (Kasperowicz). The other twenty percent of the population who do not speak English are mostly made up of immigrants. Because the United States has an incredibly large amount of diverse languages, it unfortunately does not have a national language. America’s national language should be English. When immigrants and travelers come into this country, they are aware that they will see and hear the English language, as it is unavoidable. In my experience

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    English as the official language of the United States could benefit the U.S. Government and America as a whole. America has long since been a multicultural nation and has been an English speaking nation since it was founded. The constitutional and federal documents are all in English, which furthers the American people, believing English should be our official language. The majority of states already have English as their official language, for English has always provided a much needed cohesion to

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    Should there be an official language in the U.S? The debate of should English be the official language in the United States has become more controversial than ever, some say yes, while some others say no. English should be the official language of the United States, learning English and understanding English provides a general code that can eliminate the cons of diversity in language. The English Language Unity Act of 2015 establishes English as the official language of the United States, declares

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    Should English be the Official Language of the United States Name ENG 122 Instructor April 30, 2012 Should English be the Official Language of the United States The debate on whether the United States should make English the official language has been raging within the borders of the country for decades. Several bills have been presented to Congress over the years, but have stagnated due to the opposition on either side. Though there would certainly be drawbacks to introducing English as

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    English Should Be Law?

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    English Should be the Law? Whether or not English should be the law in the United States is an argument that is widely being considered. Some believe the United States should make English the official language, some do not. Various Americans believe it would unify the country by giving us a common thread, it would help immigrants in school and in the job market and it would be less expensive than having a multilingual nation. Many opposers of the law do not agree with it because they think they

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