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Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning
There are groups of languages that are mutually intelligible.
For example, as a Russian, I can partially understand what is said to me in Ukrainian, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Czech, and some other ...
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What's the correct way to write the general location of someone in the USA? [closed]
I'd like to write where someone is from, on a website with an international context. The objective is to balance style, brevity and correctness. I only need country-level resolution, so if someone is ...
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How is “World English” difficult for native speakers of English? [closed]
There is a newly used term, World English (WE). It is nobody's mother tongue. It is spoken across the world, for example, at check-in desks, airports, international trade fairs, world cup football ...
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Is English considered a trade language/lingua franca?
English is used in commerce around the world.
Is it officially considered a "lingua franca/trade language?
If yes, is there a way to find out what percentage of non-English populations that have ...
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How to write in English for international readers? [closed]
How to write in English for international readers?
I'm not a native English speaker but I've been learning the language for many years in many fields (Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering and ...
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Reversing name order [closed]
My current task is to create a (programming) algorithm which reverts a name's order. This since my country's formal name-listing order is different from international ones. The standard is often:
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