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1. A much more important story than the dominance of English lies in the way
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A for around 15-20%; and in Latin America, they constitute 10% or less.
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2. The proportion of English tends to be
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B highest where the local language has a relatively small number of speakers and where competence in English is high.
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3. In France and Germany, for example, English pages account
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C less formal contexts such as chat rooms than in corporate emails, and in contexts where everyone shares a first language.
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4. Local languages are more likely to appear in
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D lesser-used languages are now flourishing on the internet and how communication is becoming more multilingual.
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5. In other words, the sociolinguistics of the internet is looking more like that of
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E more conventional modes of communication.
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F to 10%; and in Asian countries, the percentage is lower.
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