Which sentence offers a general fact that goes against the opposing viewpoint? a. the only costs required would be for the supervisors and for utilities, such as lights, heat, and air conditioning. b. can we afford to offer after-school gym hours? can we afford not to? c. i don’t think the program would be very expensive. d. some of the adults who read this will say that the city can’t afford such a program.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”