it is not a matter of inference
the reason for Tan believing that "nonstandard English is no less valid than standard English" is related to the fact that Standard English’ was considered as a form of the English language, universal or common in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, however, it was associated with social class and was seen by many as the language of the educated. On the contrary, speakers from lower classes in the past and today, tend to use nonstandard dialect features because they are more likely to have left education earlier, have non-professional jobs and have no need to associate themselves with a ‘prestige’ way of speaking.
“Dear Basketball” illustrated the poem Bryant wrote as a farewell to the sport he loved which is basketball. it served as his announcement that the 2015-16 season would be his last. In the poem, realizing that his body can no longer bear the game's demands, he accepts the inevitably of retirement and has been retired ever since 2016.
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the answer is a and d im not 100% sure about d but I'm sure enough
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