Which strategy would most improve laurel's statement by making its language more conventional?

(laurel is meeting with the new neighbors to discuss babysitting for her three-year-old daughter.)

laurel: "i always enjoy babysitting for a little boy named grant on the weekend, even though i could be out shooting the breeze with friends."
a) change the phrase "always enjoy" because she probably does not like to babysit grant every time.
b) add the last name of the little boy named grant because it is inappropriate to use only first names.
c) change the phrase "with friends" because it is too vague and informal to use when speaking to adults.
d) change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance