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For this written task, I have chosen the second question, which is: “ If the text had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience, how and why might it differ? This question is an alternative in the major topic: Reader, culture and text. Since this is a very broad question, I would like to narrow it down to a focus question, which allows me to explore this very question in a greater horizon. My focus question is: “How would a newspaper article from The Sun and The New York Times differ from each other, why? Is one English form more correct than the other with respect to language used in each respective newspaper?” Time goes on, and English as a global language changes with it. One of the characteristics of a language is that it is open-ended and creative. English as a language relates to these characteristics too, so trying to stop development of English, is the same as trying to stop globalization: impossible. As a consequence, the English language is now considered as the global language. What makes the two newspapers different is the fact that one is written in American English, and the other is British English. But is the American English more correct than the British English, The other way around, or is neither of them more correct than the other? In my point of view there is no correct form of English. English is not and has never been a stable language due to several factors, like globalization and the British Empire. Since the scientific breakthrough, the English language has adapted many new words from different languages. Loanword is the name for the words a language adopts from another foreign language. For instance, there is a lot of Arabic loanword in English such as alcohol... ... middle of paper ... ...es English and standard Australian English. Looking at all these standard forms of English and how each one of is legitimate institution wise, brings up the question: Who decides which one is the right one? So is there such a thing as correct English? Well, it’s a very vague question, and the argument supporting a correct form of English are as valid as the arguments opposing it. I have made my point clear throughout this essay, and I am definitely opposing the “ correct English “ view. In spite this; I can also see the problem in not having one form of English. English might demise and split into several Languages just like Latin did. I think the term “History repeats itself”, is the right “tool” to use for predicting the future of English. I think The English language will end up like Latin at some point, and that you just can`t prevent it from ending like that.