Question

Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue." And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her impeccable broken English. The inference suggested by this excerpt is that nonstandard forms of English .

Answer 1

The options for this question are:

A) Can be as effective as the standard form of English.

B) limit a speaker’s ability to stand up for herself.

C) make communication difficult between cultures.

D) are used more by older adults than by younger adults

Answer: A) Can be as effective as the standard form of English.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Mother Tongue" we can see the description of a situation where the speaker's mother is making herself clear when communicating with the boss. The speaker refers to her mother's speaking as "impeccable broken English" this expression helps to give the idea that nonstandard forms of English can be as effective as the standard form of English.

Answer 2

The answer is: Can be as effective as the standard form of english. I just took the test.