Which statement best explains why English is the dominant language in the United States?

Oct 13, 2015

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In 2019, approximately 78% (241 million) of all 308.8 million people ages five and older reported speaking only English at home. Image: Visual Capitalist

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87. All of the following are true statements about the Englishlanguage EXCEPT

88. ________ is the official language in 56 countries.

89. Two billion people live in country where ________ is theofficial language

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91. Predominantly monolingual states include: __________ .92. Problems with multi-lingual states include93. Which statement about official languages is true?a.Official languages are always spoken by the majorityof citizens of a country.b. Official languages are the language of the largestcultural group of a country.c.Each country can only have one official language.d. Official languages are used by the government for usein its daily business.e.All of the above.94. In technically advanced societies there is likely to be95. Which development helped with the rise of standardforms oflanguages beginning in the fourteenth century?

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