When and how did English become the Lingua Franca?

How did English become a global lingua franca? ?

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    The word trades on the U.S. dollar.

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Two reasons: -England had many colonies around the world. -The United States was English and became a super power in the world.

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-World war 2 gave german a bad reputation -Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini,Salazar and Franco decimated the esperanto-speakers -hollywood, radio and television gave english an edge over french

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It was the English who took over the US. The US trades using the Euro, as the US's money is backed by the European Banks.

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