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 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 can be inferred from the excerpt?
• Tan is embarrassed by the nonstandard form of English that her mother speaks.
O Tan believes that nonstandard forms of English are legitimate languages in their own right.
O Tan wishes that she did not have to think about the English that her mother speaks,
O Tan is angry that people are not taught nonstandard English languages in school.