Why English can be seen as a world language

The English language has become a universal world language because England is an island and therefore the people in Britain needed to cross oceans to expend their territory. This lead to more English speaking people around in the world.
One-third of the world's books are published in English.
Four-fifths of the electronic communication are in English.
At the moment there are more people speaking English as a second language than as a first language.

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