Three of these sentences are written in conventional language, using standard english. identify the one sentence that varies (is different) from conventional standard english. a) even though vaniesha can be annoying, colby loves her. b) colby loves his little sister, but sometimes she can be quite irritating. c) sometimes vaniesha is a pain in the neck, but colby loves his little sister. d) colby thinks his sister, vaniesha, can be irritating, but he still loves her.

With these choices I would say the answer is B.

C) Sometimes Vaniesha is a pain in the neck, but Colby loves his little sister.

Explanation:

The conventional language is slightly different from the old one due to the arrangement of the subject, verb, object and other parts of speech. In the given problem, the correct option is option (C) due to the way the sentence is structured that is different from the conventional language. The other options use the conventional language method.

honestly you should not write it the word placement is not right and this does not sound right so i think you should write it this way. the life lessons i refused to learn, taught me the hard way this sounds way better you should try it! hope this is very !

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”