Originally Posted by
karan
English is the language of international business and law. how did it become such language--simple answer is USA. Every nation under the sun wanted to do business with America, and Americans insisted in doing all business and legal communication in English. English language is spoken in more places than any other language and that's a fact. However, having a proper command of language and grammar is something to be mastered, fewer people have the relevant command of grammar and accent. If you travel worldwide you will find--Indian Accent of speaking English is downright pathetic and hideous. Most people learn their broken English from Bollywood movies and they are the worst teacher. Years ago I read one employees ACR at gov't office where his supervisor/manager wrote a following comment........
1. ..........worked hardly.
after the employee objected and explained the meaning to him.......he changed it to this...
2. .........hardly worked.
Needless to say after much consternation, manager in question just asked the employee to write his own evaluation.
Command of any language is a boon otherwise a bane.......