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English, either the mother tongue or foreign language of many people, is being spoken in almost every part of the world. |
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Although English is being learnt as a foreign language more widely than ever, there are also a large amount of people whose first language is English. |
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Lots of people around the world are native speakers of English; however, the number of learners of English as a foreign language has far surpassed the number of its native speakers. |
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Throughout the world, there is a significant gap between people who speak English as their first language and those who learn it as a foreign language. |
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In the past, the number of English native speakers was greater than those who had been learning English as a foreign language, but now it is not the case. |