Question

English has an unusually large vocabulary because
1. it is an excessively wordy language
2. it has no inflections
3. its sentence structures are large
4. it has been exposed to many languages

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : it has been exposed to many languages

The correct answer is 'it has been exposed to many languages'.

• 'English' is the basis of of many languages.
• Another reason for the synonyms sticking around is that old English and later in middle English there was an alternative tradition in poetry, rather than the rhyming tradition we are more familiar with.
• English was originally a Germanic language, related to Dutch and German, and it shares much of its grammar and basic vocabulary with those languages.
• English is also very ready to accommodate foreign words, and as it has become an international language, it has absorbed vocabulary from a large number of other sources.
• According to the above explanation option 4 is the most appropriate choice.