Tan builds a central idea of her story in the excerpt as:
Tan discusses her mother’s use of English to build the idea that a form of language can be purposeful and meaningful even if it is nonstandard.
Amy Tan's essay “Mother Tongue” is about the difficulties that a child has to face if it grows in a family in which its parents speak 'limited English.' Amy's mother was among such parent who was unable to speak fluent and proper English. It is through the language that the person is judged by others. Amy was brought up by her mother and because of this, her writing style was much influenced by the language spoken at her home. Her mother taught her that a person's perception of the world is influenced by the language spoken at home.
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<u>Answer:</u>
Thought for the day; there's one thing that grinds my gears more than anything else: rudeness. Whenever I see someone dropping a sweet wrapper on the floor, I want to perform a citizen's arrest for littering; whenever a driver cuts me up, I want an officer on hand to haul them off in cuffs; and whenever I receive an email without a proper greeting or sign off, I want to be able to zap the sender with so much spam that their inbox will melt! You might think me harsh, but to misquote Shakespeare: 'to be cruel is to be kind.' Indeed, the punishment must fit the crime; that's the only way we'll be able to change these people's habits. So whenever you're about to scoff your snacks, pull out into traffic or click send; pause for a moment and remember the age old maxim: manners maketh man.
<u>Explanation:</u>
A colon is used in the places between the independent clauses where the second word or sentence is describing the first sentence. For example:
<u>there's one thing that grinds my gears more than anything else</u><u>:</u><u> rudeness.</u>
While the places where two independent clauses are closely linked, a semicolon is used. For example:
<u>Indeed, the punishment must fit the crime"</u><u>;</u><u>" that's the only way we'll be able to change these people's habits.</u>
The correct answer is B after I checked it over and over again...
