Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue." I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

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Tan expresses an opinion to support the idea that people who speak nonstandard forms of English are unfairly judged in negative ways.

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Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue." I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

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Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue." I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

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