Which sentence contains an example of dialect?
a. "one at a time, one at a time,' laughed dr. livesey."
b. "now, i tell you, hawkins: if you like, i'll take you along."
c. "'search him, some of you shirking lubbers, and the rest of you aloft and get the chest,' he cried."
d. "'now, then, if jim is agreeable, we'll open the packet'; and he laid it before him on the table."
and if you do happen to answer, could you maybe explain how it is a dialect? also, the answer i think it may be is: c. (that's it lol) i think that because he called them aloft and shirking lubbers. the rest of the answers look normal.

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.