Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God . He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. She was an ironing board with things throwed at it. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of non-academic English?

“Things throwed at it” is the best example of non-academic English because “throwed” is a nonstandard form; in academic English, the past tense is “threw.” The phrase “cow kicking her from behind” uses informal imagery, but its wording follows standard grammar.

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