>I am sometimes sad that quite a large portion of the world has chosen English to the language of business when there are better languages out there which not o

>I am sometimes sad that quite a large portion of the world has chosen English to the language of business when there are better languages out there which not only have less complex and confusing rules but are much more expressive and scientific. It is precisely because English is the language of business that it is such a mess of rules and exceptions. The complexity of English is due to all the loanwords and influence it gets from other languages, when native speakers of those languages start using English and put their own spin on it. If the world had chosen some other language instead of English, that language would be equally confusing and English would be much simpler than it is today.