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What is "default language"?



 
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Difference between change and alter? | Expression: 'As far as the sentence, I think it's OK'
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What is "default language"? Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:31 am  What is "default language"?		  
Hi teachers,

Please see the following:

It is a lingua franca of conferences and many articles in fields as diverse as astrophysics and zoology have English as a kind of default language.

What is "default language"?

Thanks in advance

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Default Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:59 am  Default		  
Hi,

This means this is the main language used. Default use suggests automatic use.

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