tokens: Advantages and disadvantages of the prevalent of English With the development of globalization, English became the dominated language in national trade, conference and many important events . This phenomenon has aroused a heated discussion in public . Some people claim that the prevalent of English brings a great number of benefits for people . First of all, it promotes the communication and interaction between different countries more conveniently and clearly . In the ancient time, the different languages and geography set barriers for people to exchange their goods and ideas . Fortunately, the innovation of plane and train solved the geographical barriers . If we can popularize the use of English, the language hinder will disappear as well . In addition, English is a beautiful language, which is more systematical and extensive than many other languages . Learning English can foster people's sentiment and nourish their literature and art . However, the opponents believe that the dominated status of English has destroyed culture diversity and many less-used languages become extinct . Even English is a sophisticated language; it does not express every detail of life especially in Asia countries, which have totally different linguistic system . It is undeniable that language contains many aspects of people's daily life, which is influenced by culture, environment as well as religious . Obviously, these languages have special significance for people who belong to them and using English to replace them is crudity . Personally, English as an elegant language should be advocated in many fields to expand the global trade and communications . But, we still need preserve other languages for sake of keeping the linguistic and cultural diversity .