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• Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca^{[7] [8]}, is the dominant international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy. [...] A working knowledge of English has become a requirement in a number of fields, occupations and professions such as medicine and as a consequence over a billion people speak English to at least a basic level.
  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language.

• Generally speaking, English is the universal language on the Internet [...] The position of English can only be altered by major world-scale political and economical changes, such as increasing importance of the European Union or a coalition between Japan and China.
  -- English - the universal language on the Internet?

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