English did not won.
It might be widely spoken in the 21st century, but so were Greek, Egyptian, Latin, French, Portuguese and Spanish once upon a time.
I might be writing this in English now, but saying it won implies no change in common language will ever happen again.
Given the history of mankind and some of the countries I had the pleasure to visit on my life so far, I doubt it.
Specially since most of the people I know, do happen to speak three foreign languages on average.
Apparently not.
For what it's worth, I'm not a native English speaker.
English did not won.
It might be widely spoken in the 21st century, but so were Greek, Egyptian, Latin, French, Portuguese and Spanish once upon a time.
I might be writing this in English now, but saying it won implies no change in common language will ever happen again.
Given the history of mankind and some of the countries I had the pleasure to visit on my life so far, I doubt it.
Specially since most of the people I know, do happen to speak three foreign languages on average.