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Which option is written correctly and contains an instance of contested usage?

A. “Since the forecast calls for rain, nobody with any sense isn’t going hiking.”
The sentence contains a double negative.

B.“My brother called to say he needed a ride, but he didn’t say where he was calling from.”
The sentence ends with a preposition.

C.“My sister and brother changed their minds about coming to visit over the holidays.”
The sentence uses the possessive pronoun “their” for a singular antecedent.

D.“So that he would not be disturbed, I tried to uncover carefully the sleeping baby.”
The sentence contains a split infinitive.

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Which option is written correctly and contains an instance of contested usage?
"C-“My sister and brother changed their minds about coming to visit over the holidays.”
"The sentence uses the possessive pronoun “their” for a singular antecedent."

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