Why English is used as common language in business communication?
As others have said, English is the so-called international language because the world superpowers are English-speaking nations. So when other countries wanted/needed to do business with English-speaking nations, they began learning English so they could communicate effectively. On a sidenote: French used to be the international language (i.e., the language of diplomacy). It was spoken by the educated upper-classes (and royals) in several non-French countries (including Britain and Russia) up until the early 20th century. Basically, it was considered to be the language of the sophisticated/educated classes. But after WII, when the U.S. emerged as an honest to goodness super power, French took a backseat to English and the rest, it seems, is history. The interesting thing about “international” languages in business, politics, etc., is that they’re almost always slowly shifting. As we speak (er…”type”) there’s a growing trend of people learning Chinese and Arabic. The former because th
