Many people are learning English conversation for financial benefits rather than interest in the language/ language/ languages.
Q1 Which of the three options is the most appropriate in the above sentence?
Q2 Can we think that 'interest in language' means 'interest in the phenomenon of language in general' and 'interest in languages' means 'interest in many different languages'?
Top answer
Q1 I would choose 'the language' (meaning English). To me, the focus of the sentence is on English. Q2 Yes.
— Clive
Q1 I would choose 'the language' (meaning English).
To me, the focus of the sentence is on English.
Q2 Yes.
Yes.
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