Exercise 9. These pairs of words are easily confused. Choose the best word for
each sentence.
1. Everyone in the future will learn English because (it/they) will be the language of the
Internet and thus the language of the world and commerce.
2. My first-year studies were (France/French), German, History, English composition,
and English literature.
3. Galway, who settled in Canada (in/on) 1832.
4. Bangkok (is/are) the most popular city for tourists in Thailand.
5. English is the most widely learned second language and is (either/neither) the official
language or one of the official languages in 59 sovereign states.
6. English has ceased to be an "English language" in the sense of belonging only to
people (who/whose) are ethnically English.
7. Most people learn English (for/four) practical rather than ideological reasons.
8. (Any/Many) regional international organizations such as the European Free Trade
Association, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) set English as their organization's sole working
language even though most members are not countries with a majority of native
*English speakers.