Help! Urgent! 1. "Some historians today express sorrow at the kind of prideful segregation in America, saying that the clinging to ethnicity, in background and custom, has undermined the concept of unity" What does this mean?

2. "...the left side of the hyphen — African-American, Mexican-American, Irish American—would overwhelm the right"? What does this mean?

According to the “the stand” by stephen king, became the longest book published by king at 1152 pages

Acquiring english is a way of learning where you learn english by birth, this includes listening to your parents, brothers and sisters and on the whole learning it from the environment around you while mastering standard english need qualified institutes and teachers who make certain programs and syllabus to you master the standard english. this also can include a long session of academic studies before you can master the standard english.standard english is necessary for literary works, official usage and writing materials for standardized publications or when someone needs to speak publicly. in most cases the employers of a company also demand and like the use of standard english from their employees.