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It is a reflection on the misery of a tree ever owning a horse, but not being able to mount and ride because it is stationary
The best answer here is D, a decision. The entirety of the story centers around the choice that the American and his girlfriend must make. The story itself is rather vague, never coming out and saying what it is they're making said decision about, just that there is an operation that needs to take place. The entire story centers around this operation and the struggle the American and "Jig" have in making the choice to have said operation.
The entirety of this short story also takes place in a train station, which furthers the idea of their making a decision. They are in a transient place where they will board a train that will take them one way or the other, much like the decision that they must make will take them one way or the other.
The first error is in bold text below:
<span>"... it was not until the start of the 1900s that scientific attempts are made to get a man off the ground under his own steam."
In the above sentence, the word "are" is in the incorrect verb tense. To be grammatically correct, the word "are" should be replaced by "were".
</span>The second error is in bold text below:
"<span>These bicycles-on-wheels might seem comical to today’s aeronauts, but in 1912 they are good enough to help Gabriel Poulain..."</span>
In the above sentence as well, the word "are" is in the incorrect verb tense. To be grammatically correct, the word "are" should be replaced by "were".
It is false that no significant difference appears between dialects and standard English.
There are differences in grammar, and some vocabulary, and it may happen that you don't even understand a person using a certain dialect.