People assume a leader must sound polished in English to be competent, yet many of the most powerful figures barely use it.

Rosemary Salomone, a linguist and a lawyer, is a professor of law at St. John’s University in New York. Her most recent book is The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language. Back in ...

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