"Raising a child is a difficult job. There are daily responsibilities. The child has to be fed. The child has to be watched." Which rewrite improves the repetitive syntax of the passage?

Question

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

The best option that improves the repetitive syntax of the passage is:

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

This rewrite consolidates the repetitive phrases into a more concise structure without losing the meaning of the original passage.