Which sentence from Langston Hughes's story "Gumption" is an example of dialect?

A.

"You can't eat gumption."

B.

"Well, that made the old man mad."

C.

"There was no peace at home that morning."

D.

"Well, they ain't got no better, leastwise not for colored."

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20 July, 03:25

Which sentence from Langston Hughes's story "Gumption" is an example of dialect?

A.

"You can't eat gumption."

B.

"Well, that made the old man mad."

C.

"There was no peace at home that morning."

D.

"Well, they ain't got no better, leastwise not for colored."

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Mango · Answer 1

D, because a dialect is a way of speaking a language that is used in a specific region, and only people from specific regions use a double negative and the word "ain't"

Which sentence from Langston Hughes's story "Gumption" is an example of dialect?A."You can't eat gumption."B."Well, that made the old man mad."C."There was no peace at home that morning."D."Well, they ain't got no better, leastwise not for colored."

Which sentence from Langston Hughes's story "Gumption" is an example of dialect?

A.

"You can't eat gumption."

B.

"Well, that made the old man mad."

C.

"There was no peace at home that morning."

D.

"Well, they ain't got no better, leastwise not for colored."