Answer
Factors that will contribute to the continued development of English in the next ten years are; Invention of new technologies, electronic communication such as text messaging, travel to different countries, availability of information on the internet and popular culture
Explanation
<u>The invention of new technologies such as automatic translation software like the Google Translate</u> will in future place English as a language used for communication in board meetings for international corporations and government agencies.<u>Traveling to other countries can influence the development of multiple Englishes in a person</u>. For example, the U.S has influence most people using English language throughout the world. The word “schedule” instead of schedule, spelling of “disk” instead of “disc” are all examples of preference observed in English speakers<u>.Electronic communication such as text messages has incorporated the use of emoji pictogram that allows users to communicate with no need of language.</u> This means that English language users will soon cease communicating in English at all. Fast changing world of social communication in social media platforms has contributed to the shortening of the language and introduction of new words. For example the word mansplaining has been added to new dictionaries to give a flavour.<u>The internet has influenced Pop culture by making the world a small village which has affected the manner people dress, the art practiced and the music listened.The more a person listens to Rnb tunes, the higher the chances of speaking in American English.</u>
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Masks in many African cultures represent spirits, including ancestors, animals and nature spirits. These masks can be made from wood, bronze, textiles and copper. People who made masks were considered superior in their societies because it was widely believed that they had contact with ancestral spirits.
A seven letter word containing thousands of letters - a mailbox.
The word mailbox has 7 letters, and it contains thousands of letters - just not the letters from the alphabet, but rather a form of a paper message.
Old :
Spiritual, mental wellbeing, health, the past, nobility.
Settled:
Strong, powerful, stability, control (of things), relaxed, conscious.
