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86. Which statement best describes the use of English on theInternet?a.English has become more dominant as the mostcommon language on the Internet.b. The number of English-speaking Internet userscontinues to be above 50%.c.Different Internets exist for most other widely spokenlanguages, like Chinese, Japanese, and Russian.d.English has become less dominant but is still theleading Internet language.
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
90. Monolingual countries, in which only one language isspoken, are few in number.Which of the following is notone of these countries?a. Poland
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?