2. In paragraph 9, how does the description of the pond impact the rest of the rest of the passage?
a. It provides a description of the danger the characters put themselves in
b. It gives the reason the boys do not want to go out on the ice
c. It explains why George and the boys go out on the ice
d. It exposes the truth about how afraid they are

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.”