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Today，one 1 four people，or a quarter of the world's population uses English，and as many as one billion people are learning it．The world's 375 million native speakers from Canada to New Zealand feel 2 ．They already know the language that everyone wants to learn．
New types of English are common 3 English is spoken．Singaporeans speak Singlish，their mixture of Chinese and English．For example，to ask，where are you going？they mix English words 4 Chinese grammar：You go where？In India，many people speak Hinglish，a mixture of Hindi and English．
Languages are always changing．A hundred years ago，German was the 5 language for science of all the languages．Scientists 6 learn German to read the latest information in science books．But by 1950，American inventions and ideas 7 to make English more popular．Some language teachers 8 that China begins to develop important technologies， 9 new types of computers，then Chinese might become 10 every scientist wants to learn．
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