Compare the first and last verses of the song "Footprints." We started off as footprints
Going in directions the same way
Walking at a fast pace
Thinking we would end in the same place
* * * *
We started off as footprints
Going in directions the same way
Walking at a fast pace
But we didn’t end face to face
What is the effect of changing the last line of the verse?

It helps express the song's central idea.
It reminds you of another famous song.
It answers a question that the song asked.
It gives the song a much lighter tone.

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 i 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 best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”