Read the following passage from "Every Man a King" I contend, my friends, that we have no difficult problem to solve in America, and that is the view of nearly everyone with whom I have discussed the matter here in Washington and elsewhere throughout the United States-that we have no very difficult problem to solve
Which phrase makes this passage sound colloquial?
A. no very difficult problem
B. I contend
C. my friends
D. elsewhere throughout the United States