Do you know what the Swiss army knife of languages is?

It is a language speak by you and

me. It is a language speak by the successful people in the world. It is a language speak by
people all over the world. It is our universal language, English.
What do you think about English? language? culture? !r only a meaningless noun? s a
student, we have to learn English. Why do we study math and science in English instead of
in "hinese or in #alay? ctually English play an important role in our daily life processes.
"an you talk to your English teacher if you don$t understand English? "an you write an
interesting essay if you don$t understand English? %o, you can$t. &his clearly shows that
how English benefits us as a student.
In education field, the #alaysian government gives more attention and emphasis on English.
lthough it is a difficult sub'ect, but it prepares us for life and future. s we grow up, we
look for 'ob for survival. English may help us in getting a great 'ob. (or e)ample, a student
who is graduated from a university which takes English as a ma'or language will find a
better or great 'ob than other students who don$t know English ade*uately. #oreover, if
you are working in a company that manages diplomatic relations, you would need to
communicate with people from other country such as +nited States, England and
Singapore. If you are unable to speak English fluently, you will not be able to communicate
with them and finally, you are fired. (urthermore, if you wanted to take a vacation in a
different country, with a different language, and the man in the front of you do not
understand your language. ,ow would you ask him what u want? !verall people need English
as one #ain language to be able to interact with the world. ,ence, learning English is very
helpful if you want to travel or do business with other countries.
s we know, #alaysia is a country with different races and religions. s most of the people
speak English, there will be no communication with other races, religions and ethnics
without English. "an you imagine life without communication with other races, religions and
ethnics? It would be very boring and probability of dispute between races will be high.
&his is because when there is no communication between different races,
misunderstanding may be taking place and lead to dispute. &his would threaten the safety
of people.
In short, English actually brings no harm to us but benefits. (luency in English make our
future brighter and ensure us to lead a comfortable life. %ever mess up with English or
you will regret live-long.
he two most beautiful words in the English language are check enclosed. Dorothy Parker
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur. Doug arson
!he problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse
whore. "e don#t $ust borrow words% on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to
beat them unconscious and ri&e their pockets for new 'ocabulary. (ames D. )icoll, *+,,-.-/.+/0. !he
1ing#s English
2 bicycle can#t stand on its own because it#s two.tired. English Pro'erb
3ere will be an old abusing of 4od#s patience and the king#s English. "illiam 5hakespeare
!he 6uantity of consonants in the English language is constant. If omitted in one place, they turn up in
another. "hen a 7ostonian pahks his cah, the lost r#s migrate southwest, causing a !e8an to warsh his
car and in'est in erl wells. 2uthor 9nknown
"e ha'e really e'erything in common with 2merica nowadays e8cept, of course, language. :scar "ilde
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would ha'e something to do with a shortage of
&owers. Doug arson
If the ;rench were really intelligent, they#d speak English. "ilfred 5heed
!he English language is nobody#s special property. It is the property of the imagination< it is the property of
the language itself. Derek "alcott
=orrect English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. 2nd the strongest slang of all is the slang
of poets. 4eorge Eliot
English is a funny language% that e8plains why we park our car on the dri'eway and dri'e our car on the
parkway. 2uthor 9nknown
>e fail English? !hat unpossible@ Aalph "iggum
E'ery 2merican child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. >ignon >caughlin,
!he )eurotic#s )otebook, +,B-
" *double 90 has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only cumbrous name, the names of the others being
monosyllabic. !his ad'antage of the Aoman alphabet o'er the 4recian is the more 'alued after audibly
spelling out some simple 4reek word, like epi8oriambikos. 5till, it is now thought by the learned that other
agencies than the diCerence of the two alphabets may ha'e been concerned in the decline of the glory that
was 4reece and the rise of the grandeur that was Aome. !here can be no doubt, howe'er, that by
simplifying the name of " *calling it wow, for e8ample0 our ci'iliDation could be, if not promoted, at least
better endured. 2mbrose 7ierce
Drawing on my Ene command of the English language, I said nothing. Aobert 7enchley
FI am# is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. =ould it be that FI do# is the longest
sentence? 4eorge =arlin
"hat is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters< abcdef? 2nswer< feedback. Don#t
forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication. 2uthor 9nknown
>y opposition Gto inter'iewsH lies in the fact that oChand answers ha'e little 'alue or grace of e8pression,
and that such oral gi'e and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. (ames !hurber
Aeality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in 6uotes. 2uthor 9nknown
>ore has been screwed up on the battleEeld and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of
understanding of the English language than any other single factor. 4eneral (ohn ". Iessey
English grammar is so comple8 and confusing for the one 'ery simple reason that its rules and terminology
are based on atin, a language with which it has precious little in common. 7ill 7ryson
!he English language is like a broad ri'er on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up,
the stream is being polluted by a string of refuse.barges tipping out their muck. =yril =onnolly
3e is, I think, already pondering a magisterial pro$ect< that of buggering the English language, the ultimate
re'enge of the colonialised. 2ngela =arter
!here is no reason why we shouldn#t be able to split an inEniti'e, any more than we should forsake instant
coCee and air tra'el because they weren#t a'ailable to the Aomans. 7ill 7ryson
2 ma$or cause of deterioration in the use of the English language is 'ery simply the enormous increase in the
number of people who are using it. 2nonymous
!he English language brings out the best in the Irish. !hey court it like a beautiful woman. !hey make it bray
with donkey laughter. !hey hurl it at the sky like a paint pot full of rainbows, and then make it chant a dirge
for man#s fate and man#s follies that is as mournful as misty spring rain crying o'er the fallow earth. !.E.
1alem
>aking English grammar conform to atin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of
football. 7ill 7ryson
!he nine most terrifying words in the English language are, FI#m from the go'ernment and I#m here to help.#
Aonald Aeagan
>en must speak English who can write 5anskrit% they must speak a modern language who write, perchance,
an ancient and uni'ersal one. 3enry Da'id !horeau
!o write or e'en speak English is not a science but an art. "hoe'er writes English is in'ol'ed in a struggle
that ne'er lets up e'en for a sentence. 3e is struggling against 'agueness, against obscurity, against the
lure of the decorati'e ad$ecti'e, against the encroachment of atin and 4reek, and, abo'e all, against the
worn.out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up. 4eorge :rwell
>y English te8t is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language.
Edward 4ibbon
E'ery English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. Aobert
4ra'es
English is $ust as much big business as the e8port of manufactured goods. !here are problems with what you
might call Fafter.sales ser'ice#, Fdeli'ery# can be awkward, but at any rate the production lines are trouble
free. Aandolph Juirk
!he English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible
ad lib. Aobert 7urchEeld
I speak twel'e languages. English is the bestest. 5tefan 7ergman
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2nyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparati'ely at home in prison. E'elyn
"augh
>y English is a mi8ture between 2rnold 5chwarDenegger and 2rchbishop !utu. 7illy "ilder
;rom now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. "inston
=hurchill
In my sentences I go where no man has gone beforeLI am a boon to the English language. 4eorge ".
7ush
Introducing Fite# . !he new way to spell Fight#, but with twenty percent fewer letters. (erry 5einfeld
"hen I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can
make a rule, and e'ery fool will mind it. 3enry Da'id !horeau
!he English ha'e an e8traordinary ability for &ying into a great calm. 2le8ander "oollcott
I ne'er made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. =arl 5andburg
!he English contribution to world cuisine . the chip. (ohn =leese
In two words, im possible. 5amuel 4oldwyn
!he English ne'er smash in a face. !hey merely refrain from asking it to dinner. >argaret 3alsey
I like the English. !hey ha'e the most rigid code of immorality in the world. >alcolm 7radbury
Iiewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of e'ery dialect, race, and range of time, and
is both the free and compacted composition of all. "alt "hitman