By the time anything resembling a language policy was introduced, English had already reached all corners of the globe. For example, English-speaking puritans were not the only Europeans to arrive in North America: Spanish, French, Dutch and German were also widely spoken.
immemorial - long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; time immemorial. old - of long duration; not new; old tradition; old house; old wine; old country; old friendships; old money.
Seen as either truncated syllogisms or a syllogism based on reasoning from sign, cause, generalization, or analogy, enthymemes are common forms of inductive argument. An enthymeme is an argument where one of the premises is supplied by the audience--an assumption that the speaker makes when making an argument.