English
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English may refer to something of, from, or related to England
, a country of the United Kingdom, especially:
English is taught, learn't and spoke in many countries.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, a country of the United Kingdom, especially:
- The English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- The English language in EnglandEnglish language in EnglandThe English language in England refers to the English language as spoken in England. These forms of English are a subsection of British English, as spoken throughout Great Britain. Other terms used to refer to the English language as spoken in England include:...
(or "English English")
- The English language in England
- The English peopleEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
- English grammarEnglish grammarEnglish grammar is the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences...
as a primary or secondary school subject matter
English is taught, learn't and spoke in many countries.
Other
- English (surname)English (surname)English is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:*George W. English, a US District Court judge*Jane English , an American physicist, photographer, journalist and translator.*John A...
, people with the family name English - ENGLISH (programming language)
- English majorEnglish majorThe English Major is a term in the United States and a few other countries for an undergraduate university degree focused around the consumption, analysis, and production of texts in the English language...
, an academic curriculum involving the study of English literature or English writing at a post-primary level, a student taking this curriculum, or a student who has completed and graduated from it - English studiesEnglish studiesEnglish studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, the study of English language and literature, often as a school subject - English, a chiefly American expression for side spin of a ball in sports
- Chess openings:
- English OpeningEnglish OpeningIn chess, the English Opening is the opening where White begins:A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases, anywhere from one of the two most successful to the fourth most successful of White's twenty possible first moves. White begins the fight for the...
- English Defense
- English Opening