Which excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” is an example of non-academic English?

"Yes, indeed!" said the father looking toward the tree designated.
Sometimes in his dreams he was a prince, riding away in a gorgeous carriage.
Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."

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The excerpt that is an example of non-academic English is:

"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."

This passage uses dialect and informal language, which are characteristic of non-academic English.

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