GCSE - Latin (9-1) - J282 (from 2016) - OCR.
English as a Universal Language. by Carlos Carrion Torres - Vitoria ES - Brazil English is without a doubt the actual universal language. It is the world's second largest native language, the official language in 70 countries, and English-speaking countries are responsible for about 40% of world's total GNP.
What English owes to the Greek language. The Oxford Companion to the English Language states that the 'influence of classical Greek on English has been largely indirect, through Latin and French, and largely lexical and conceptual.'. According to one estimate, more than 150,000 words of English are derived from Greek words.
English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands.The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern Great Britain.
Latin is a language that was used in Ancient Rome. Short Latin texts have been found from about the 5th century BC and longer texts from about the 3rd century BC. Classical Latin was used in the 1st century BC and was the official language of the Roman Empire.It was widely used in the western part of the Mediterranean.The languages known as Romance languages developed from the spoken version.
Essay definition, a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. See more.
Q. 1 will be a passage of Latin prose, previously unseen, for translation into English. Q. 2 will be a passage of Latin verse, previously unseen, for translation into English. These passages will be selected from the works of authors studied at Part 1A (i.e.Ovid, Augustus, Lucretius, and Sallust).
The point of the essay is to protest the overuse of Latin and Greek in scientific neologisms. Winston Churchill often relied on short, Germanic words in his speeches to be punchy and direct. I wouldn't be surprised if Donald Trump did the same for his great, really great talks to big crowds of the best folks.