Question

Read the sentence.

There were like a million people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie.

Which sentence best corrects the nonstandard English?


There were like a ton of people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie.

There were several dozen people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie.

There were loads of people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie.

There were like a zillion people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

I would say the 2nd sentence personally, but generally i think the 3rd one would be more accurate

Answer 2

The sentence which best corrects the nonstandard English is:

• There were several dozen people in line, but we decided it was worth the wait to see the movie.

What is a nonstandard English?

This refers to the use of grammar and words which indicate that a person is using colloquialism or other forms of borrowed languages to communicate.

With this in mind, we can see that because the word "millions of people" was used, this is a  good evidence that nonstandard English was used because the speaker could have just said "lots of people" or "several dozen" to show adjective of degree.

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