Raising a child is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities. The child has to be fed. The child has to be watched.

Question

Which rewrite improves the repetitive syntax of the passage?

(1 point)
Responses

Raising a child is a difficult job; there are daily responsibilities; the child has to be fed; the child has to be watched.
Raising a child is a difficult job; there are daily responsibilities; the child has to be fed; the child has to be watched.

Raising a child is a difficult job, there are daily responsibilities, the child has to be fed, the child has to be watched.
Raising a child is a difficult job, there are daily responsibilities, the child has to be fed, the child has to be watched.

Raising a child. It is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities. The child has to be fed. The child has to be watched.
Raising a child. It is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities. The child has to be fed. The child has to be watched.

Raising a child is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities of feeding and watching the child.

Answer 1

The rewrite that improves the repetitive syntax of the passage is:

"Raising a child is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities of feeding and watching the child."

This version combines the feeding and watching responsibilities, reducing repetition.