This excerpt from Mother Tongue clearly shows that: Nonstandard forms of English can be as effective as the standard form of English.
- When the narrator uses the words "impeccable" and "broken" altogether, so as to catch the readers' attention, she suggests that although the mother has a fragmented and nonstandard English, she manages to make herself pretty clear when communicating something, not through her limited English, but by means of attitude: Tan's mother was very smart and understood very complex matters, such as listening to the Wall Street Week.
- Regarding the other options, they are contradictory to what the excerpt really means. It is clear that although her English is limited, she still could stand for herself.
- Nonstandard forms of English not necessarily make communication difficult between cultures, as seen in the excerpt's situation between Tan's mother and her boss.
- The last option is not reflected in the given excerpt.
A pronoun antecedent agreement has to do with keeping the consistency and inclusion of genders or lack thereof when writing. For example if you were to say "A student must call their parent/guardian before riding a different bus or she will not be allowed to ride said bus." you would be violating the pronoun antecedent agreement by saying she rather than they.
The statement from the dissenting opinion of tinker v. des moines court decision that best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was not within the protection of the free speech clause of the first amendment is :
In cox v. Louisiana, the court clearly stated that the rights of free speech and assembly "do not mean that everyone with opinion or beliefs to express may address a group at any public place at any time
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The best summary of the excerpt is Pangu Grew
