Which of the following best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "mother tongue"? all forms of the english language are meaningful and purposeful. some forms of the english language do not translate well into writing. the english language would be more efficient with a chinese structure. english language proficiency can only be determined through testing.

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

If one writes logically, he will prove his point. is this sentence correct or contains an unwarranted shift in person?

Which phrase best defines “quotations”