English

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English (English language) is a West Germanic language that originated in England in Great Britain. Today it is used as a primary language in many countries around the world and is widely used not only as an official language but also as a second language. Owing to the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and the influence of the United States since the mid-20th century, English is the most widely taught and understood language in the world and is sometimes likened to a lingua franca.

Categories

• English:Word - list of words and idioms
• Korean Administrative Terms
• Name: see for romanized spellings of names.
• Git:Commit#Message Rule: an English dictionary for good git commit messages
• Naming convention: naming conventions in programming.
  • Method Naming Convention: function naming conventions.

English suffix description

• Naver Knowledge iN: Types and meanings of English -ed -ly -ty -tion etc. (explanation of English suffixes)

See also

• Technical Terms
• Mathematical symbols: mathematical symbols

Favorite site

• Wikipedia (en) description of English
• opentutorials - English for developers
• The difference between "Your" and "My" in UI | GeekNews
  • In a user interface (UI), which is right to use, "your" or "** my**"?
  • In many cases, plain labels without a prefix, such as Account, Orders, Cases, are clearer
  • In menus “My cases” looks natural, but in onboarding, email, and customer support situations it can cause confusion
  • “your” is more natural when speaking to the user, and “my” when the user responds to or makes a choice in the system
  • Following basic writing principles is the key to clearer UX and communication