“As English increasingly becomes the universal language..” This seems needlessly likely to give offense.
Thanks for the comment. It wasn’t very necessary there, so even though it seems fairly innocuous to me given its frequency of use I decided to nix it.
I disagree, and a quick Google for “english universal language” seems to suggest the phrase is in common use… What would you suggest instead?
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“As English increasingly becomes the universal language..” This seems needlessly likely to give offense.
Thanks for the comment. It wasn’t very necessary there, so even though it seems fairly innocuous to me given its frequency of use I decided to nix it.
I disagree, and a quick Google for “english universal language” seems to suggest the phrase is in common use… What would you suggest instead?