Which of the following best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "mother tongue"?
a. all forms of the english language are meaningful and purposeful.
b. some forms of the english language do not translate well into writing.
c the english language would be more efficient with a chinese structure.
d english language proficiency can only be determined through testing.

The central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue" is:

A. All forms of the English language are meaningful and purposeful.  

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.  

All forms of the English language are meaningful and purposeful.  

Further Explanation:

English is one such language that is spoken and understood by the people of almost all over the world. If we talk about the number of people speaking this language, then it is the most spoken language in the world and English is the second official language in the majority of the countries.  

There are many forms of English that spoken all around the world such as American English, UK English and Indian English but all the forms of English are purposeful and meaningful. Most of these lingual changes in English take place between teens and young adults as young people interact mostly with people of the same age. But the foremost reason behind this change is because of the needs of the English speaking people have changed over the years

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Mother Tongue

Subject: English

Keywords:

English, Mother Tongue, Communicate, Consequences, Intelligence, Intellectual, Ability, Measurement, Educated, Understand.  

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