Which of the following best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"? The expression of experience through language is more powerful when different forms of English are accepted. Only someone with a strong background in standard English can express ideas in interesting ways. Only someone with a strong background in different forms of English can truly be an expert on the English language. The expression of experience through language is more powerful when only the standard form of English is accepted.

Refute it, showing why it is mistaken—an apparent but not real problem; acknowledge its validity or plausibility, but suggest why on balance it's relatively less important or less likely than what you propose, and thus doesn't overturn it; concede its force and complicate your idea accordingly—restate your thesis in a more exact, qualified, or nuanced way that takes account of the objection, or start a new section in which you consider your topic in light of it. this will work if the counterargument concerns only an aspect of your argument; if it undermines your whole case, you need a new thesis.