Question

contested usage
and if i dont want to go the football game, i dont have to go
the heaters in the school building stopped working yesterday
my parents have been in las vegas for a conference this week
angers cell phone began beeping loudly in class, disturbing everyone
which sentence has an example of contested usage within it?
a the heaters in the school building stopped working yesterday
b my parents have been in las vegas for a conference this week
c and if i dont want to go the football game, i dont have to go
d angers cell phone began beeping loudly in class, disturbing everyone
which two sentences below have examples of contested usage within them?
a and if i have to diagram one more sentence, im going to go mad
b the biology class was grossed out by the frog dissection
c the buses loaded up at the tubas, trombones and drum sets
d thomas high school flew the flag at half - staff per regulations
e how many dogs and cats are available for adoption at the shelter?

Explanation:

Contested usage refers to language that is not universally accepted or follows non - standard grammar. In the first set of questions, the sentence "And if I don't want to go the football game, I don't have to go" has a missing preposition ("to" before "the football game"). In the second set, "The biology class was grossed out by the frog dissection" uses "grossed out" which is an informal and somewhat non - standard phrasal verb in a more formal context (a description of a biology class activity), and "The buses loaded up at the tubas, trombones and drum sets" has an odd prepositional usage ("at" instead of a more appropriate preposition like "near" or "by" when referring to the location relative to musical instruments).

Answer:

First question: C. And if I don't want to go the football game, I don't have to go.
Second question: B. The biology class was grossed out by the frog dissection; C. The buses loaded up at the tubas, trombones and drum sets.