The English language would, if proper care were devoted to its advancement, stand an excellent chance of becoming more universally diffused, read, and spoken, than any other now is, or ever has been.

(CRYSTAL, D. English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 75.)

Informe se é verdadeiro (V) ou falso (F) o que se afirma sobre a língua inglesa e o acesso ao conhecimento.

( ) By the beginning of the nineteenth century, America had become the world’s leading industrial and trading nation.

( ) Britain, by the end of the nineteenth century, overtook America as the world’s fastest growing economy.

( ) The linguistic consequences of British achievement were far-reaching: the new terminology of technological and scientific advance had an immediate impact on the language, adding tens of thousands of words to the English lexicon.

( ) The innovations pouring out of an English-speaking country meant that those from abroad who wished to learn about them would need to learn English.

De acordo com as afirmações, a sequência correta é: