English is easy,but difficult to master. English is very easy to pick up at the start. It needs not to study for a long time to start speaking English and express using it. English has a lot of words that are made up by only 3 or less letters. So it is easy to memorize new vocabulary. Genders are also simple in English(Economist). But if you wish to master it, it gets a lot harder. It has an enormous vocabulary,irregular verbs,and complex grammar. Even some native speakers have difficulty to use it sometimes(Economist). Some simple words have different meanings in different context(Economist).