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    1. Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when mymother finished reading my book and gave me her verdict: "So easy to read."

      this give a good easy ending to the story and lets you connect the the author

    2. I was told by my former boss that writing was my worstskill and I should hone my talents toward account management.

      people didn't believe in her writing ability and told her to do stuff involving math.

    3. I think my mother's English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well.

      her mothers broken language affecter her relation ship with a to of people especially her piers

    4. When I was fifteen, she used to have mecall people on the phone to pretend I was she

      because a lot of people don't take her serially she would have her daughter do phone call for her.

    5. It's my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid,direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things,expressed things, made sense of the world.

      the way her mother spoke shaped the way she say the world

    6. Yet some ofmy friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90percent. Some say they understand none of it,

      her friends are sometimes could and sometimes couldn't understand her English