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D: The sentence is purposefully written incorrectly to allow the reader to understand the speaker's upbringing, culture, and education.
What positive and negative reasons does Jack list for being "ex-friends" with August? Jack now has the opportunity to hang out with more kids that he didn't get to be around when he was friends with August. On the other hand, he actually liked hanging out with August, and the popular kids are supposedly boring