Which of these sentences contains a dependent clause? a) a light gray wall served as background for lisa's paintings. b) max got his chance to ask his girlfriend to the prom, and she accepted. c) frank listened intently to the hikers stories of his adventures, and he loved them all. d) because david loved adventure, he resolved that one day he would explore the alaskan wilderness.

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.”