Kept 'argument' or 'pressed'? That is what the buzzers settled, not what happened. Kept '5700' or 'districts'? That is how many.
Today's sentence is from Factile, who make Jeopardy games for classrooms. Students buzz in from their own phones, and the game knows who was first.
Every word, accounted for
AcrossA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
moreA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
thanA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
5700How many districts.
schoolGoes with districts.
districtsWhere. How many, not what happened.
studentWhose phones. Stays.
phonesWhat changed. Stays.
quietlyHow it happened.
becameWhat happened. Stays.
classroomGoes with buzzers. Stays.
buzzersWhat the phones became. Stays.
andA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
oldGoes with argument.
argumentWhat the buzzers settled, not what happened.
aboutA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
whoA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
pressedPart of the old argument.
firstGoes with pressed.
finallyWhen it ended.
endedHow the argument went. The story is the phones.