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Mother Tongue

2. When the author says, “I was made keenly aware of the different Englishes I do use,” what does she mean by “Englishes?” What are they?
The author uses more simple English which has simple words and some grammatical errors to communicate with her mom at home, but she has to use exact words, grammars most of the time to communicate with most of the people.

3. What is the family background of the author? How does she look at it? Does she feel proud of it or embarrassed about it?
Her family is immigrants from China. “I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.” The sentence tells that the author thinks that if her mother can’t speak in perfect English, they would not be respected by those who are native to America. She absolutely feels embarrassed about it, especially when her mother argues with others in her impeccable broken English.

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