Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageinthehistoryofourplanet.OneineverysevenhumanbeingsaroundtheglobecanspeakEnglish.Andmorethanhalfoftheworld'sbooksandthree-quartersofinternationalmailarewritteninthiscrazytongue.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary----perhapsasmanyastwomillionwords.
However,let'sfaceit!Englishisacrazylanguage!Forexample,thereisnoeggintheeggplant,andyouwillfindneitherpinenorappleinapineappleandnohaminahamburger,Sweetmeatsarecandies,whilesweetbreadswhicharenotsweet,aremeat.
WetakeEnglishforgranted.Butwhenweexploreitsparaboxes(矛盾),wefindthatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquareandpublicathroomshavenobathsinthem.
Andwhyisitthatawriterwrites,butfingersdonotfing,grocersdon'tgroce,andhammersdon'tham?Iftheplural(复数)oftoothisteeth,shouldn'tthepluralofboothbebeeth?Onegoose,twogeese----soonemoose,twomeese?
Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawisemanandawiseguyareopposites?Howcanoverlookandoverseebeopposites,whilequitealotandquiteafewarealikeHowcantheweatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext?
Englishwasinventedbypeople,notbycomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace(which,ofcourse,isnotreallyaraceatall）.Thatiswhy,whenstarsareouttheyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareouttheyareinvisible.Andwhy,whenIwindupmywatchIstartit,butwhenIwindupthisessayIendit."