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Archy [21]
3 years ago
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Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent. Som

e say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure Chinese. But to me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It’s my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt
English
2 answers:
Monica [59]3 years ago
9 0

The Answer Is D.) "Tan discusses her mother’s English to support the idea that the language of one’s childhood is a person’s deepest, truest form of expression"

Delvig [45]3 years ago
5 0

the correct choice is letter D

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