In recent times, as English has become a global (1) __________ , used in different places all over the world, it has become a much richer language than in the past. It has picked (2) _________ new words from other cultures, other languages, such (3) _________ bungalow (from India), détente (from French), kebab(from Turkey), potato (from American Indian) - plus a lot of modern slang from America. Today, both grammar and vocabulary are still changing. There (4) _______ no such thing as "official English"; neither Britain (5) _______ the USA has anything official like the "AcadémieFrançaise" to decide what is acceptable and what is not. The (6) ___________ accepted sources of reference are the famous English dictionaries - Websters for the USA and the Oxford English Dictionary for British English. Like other dictionaries, (7)__________, they are descriptive not prescriptive - i.e. they describe language as it is used, they do not tell people (8) __________ they can or should say or should not say. Today's English is (9) __________ from the English of 100 years ago; it is pronounced differently, too - and no (10) _________ , it will be even more different in 100 years' time.