2 ①This point may seem obyious: however。 many popular amd misleading belicfs have grown up about why
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alanguage should become intemationally successful ②Itis quite commonto heat people claim that a language
becomes a global language.【on account of its perceivedaesthetic qual ies/clarity of expressiom orditeray
powe (③Greek。 Latin。 Arabic and French are among those which have becn praised in such terms, and English
is no exception.(④①It is oftcn suggested that there muSt be somethinginherently beautiiuPor1ogicaPabout the
JruomreofnglishOinorderto explain why itisnowso widely used (Some suggeet liall has less grammar
1han other languages, SO it must be easier to learn.(⑥Such argumentS are misconceived.(⑦Latin was Once a
major language。 deSDite its highly complicated grammatical structure.