What happens when beowulf first arrives on the shore of hrothgar's lands?
a. beowulf explains to a watchman that he is there to fight grendel.
b. beowulf and his men decide to celebrate their sea voyage before they set out.
c. beowulf's men threaten to mutiny unless they fight grendel.
d. beowulf sends a lone horseman to scout out the land.

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.”